Gull Island is a small island located just off the southeast coast of Penikese Island. It is part of the

Elizabeth Islands The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of over 20 small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States. They are located at the outer edge of Buzzards Bay, north of Martha's Vineyard, from whic ...

and is entirely part of the town of Gosnold in Dukes County,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. At one point it contained the Gull Island Bomb Area, a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

bombing range. It is currently uninhabited.

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Elizabeth Islands Coastal islands of Massachusetts Uninhabited islands of Massachusetts {{DukesCountyMA-geo-stub

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