University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station

University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station is a nature reserve in , , which is located on Polpis Road. University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Abnecotants Island.

Museum
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of , is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.

Island
is a very small island in the middle of Squam Swamp in northeastern portion of the island of in .

Lighthouse
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lighthouse located on . The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987; it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantucket and Polpis.

Town
Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in , United States, about 30 miles south of the peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and , it constitutes the Town and County of , a combined county/town government.

Hamlet
is a village in Nantucket, , United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of .

Hamlet
is a village in Nantucket, , United States. Its elevation is 16 feet. The name is an Indian word meaning "middle field of land". lies 4 miles west-northwest of .

University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station

Latitude
41.294° or 41° 17′ 39″ north
Longitude
-70.0411° or 70° 2′ 28″ west
Open location code
87HF7XV5+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29799980
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
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