Nantucket

Nantucket is an island and town 30 mi off the coast of and part of . The island offers quiet harbors, dramatic cliffs, sandy beaches, lighthouses, beautiful old mansions and gardens, interesting history – even a series of limericks about its residents.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “đảo Nantucket”, “isola di Nantucket”, “Mantukett”, “Nantucket (island)”, “Nantucket Village”, “Nantuckett”, “Nantuckkit”, “Nantucquet”, “Nantukes”, “Nantukett”, “otok Nantucket”, “Quận Nantucket”, “Quận Nantucket, Massachusetts”, “Sharborn”, “Shelburne”, “Sherborn”, “Sherbourne”, “Sherburn”, “Sherburne”, “Wesco”, “Wesko”, “Нантакет, Массачусетс”, “מחוז ננטאקט”, and “نانتوكيت (ماساتشوستس)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Brant Point Light and Jethro Coffin House.

Lighthouse
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Oldest House on Sunset Hill, also known as the…

Museum
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a located in Nantucket, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantucket and Shawkemo.

Town
Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in , United…

Hamlet
is a village in Nantucket, , United States.

Nantucket

Latitude
41.3159° or 41° 18′ 57″ north
Longitude
-70.0983° or 70° 5′ 54″ west
Population
7,450
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
IATA airport code
ACK
UN/LOCODE
US ACK
Open location code
87HF8W82+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22691989
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4944903
Wiki­data ID
Q49149
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yakut—“Nantucket” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Nantucket”
  • Arabic: “نانتوكيت”
  • Armenian: “Նանթաքետ”
  • Asturian: “Nantucket”
  • Basque: “Nantucket”
  • Bavarian: “Nantucket”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Нантакет”
  • Belarusian: “Нантакет”
  • Bishnupriya: “নান্টুকেট কাউন্টি, ম্যাসাচুসেট্‌স”
  • Bulgarian: “Нантакет”
  • Bulgarian: “Нантъкет”
  • Catalan: “Nantucket”
  • Cebuano: “Nantucket Island”
  • Cebuano: “Nantucket”
  • Chechen: “Нантакет (гуо, Массачусетс)”
  • Chechen: “Нантакет”
  • Chinese: “南塔克特”
  • Chinese: “楠塔基特岛”
  • Croatian: “Nantucket”
  • Czech: “Nantucket”
  • Danish: “Nantucket”
  • Dutch: “Nantucket”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نانتوكيت”
  • Esperanto: “Nantucket”
  • Estonian: “Nantucket”
  • Faroese: “Nantucket”
  • Finnish: “Nantucket”
  • French: “Nantucket”
  • Galician: “Nantucket”
  • Georgian: “ნანტაკეტი”
  • German: “Nantucket”
  • Gilaki: “نانتاکت ٚ شأرستان (ماساچۊست)”
  • Gilaki: “نانتاکت ٚ شأرستان”
  • Haitian: “Nantucket, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Nantucket”
  • Hebrew: “ננטקט”
  • Hungarian: “Nantucket”
  • Indonesian: “Nantucket”
  • Irish: “Nantucket”
  • Italian: “Nantucket”
  • Japanese: “ナンタケット”
  • Korean: “낸터킷”
  • Lithuanian: “Nantaketas”
  • Low German: “Nantucket”
  • Macedonian: “Нантакен”
  • Mazanderani: “نانتاکت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nantucket”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nantucket”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nantucket”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nantucket”
  • Norwegian: “Nantucket”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nantucket”
  • Ossetian: “Нантакет”
  • Persian: “شهرستان نانتاکت، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “نانتاکت”
  • Polish: “Nantucket”
  • Portuguese: “Nantucket”
  • Romanian: “Nantucket, Massachusetts”
  • Romanian: “Nantucket”
  • Russian: “Нантакет”
  • Scots: “Nantucket”
  • Serbian: “Нантакет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nantucket”
  • Silesian: “Nantucket”
  • Slovak: “Nantucket”
  • Slovenian: “Nantucket”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نانتاکت”
  • Spanish: “Nantucket”
  • Swahili: “Nantucket”
  • Swedish: “Nantucket”
  • Talysh: “Nantaket”
  • Tatar: “Нантакет”
  • Thai: “แนนทักเก็ต”
  • Turkish: “Nantucket Adası”
  • Turkish: “Nantucket”
  • Ukrainian: “Нантакет”
  • Urdu: “نینٹوکیٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Nantucket”
  • Volapük: “Nantucket”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nantucket”
  • Welsh: “Nantucket”
  • Yakut: “Нантакет”

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