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Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north,
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Bodies of water of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Geography of Nantucket, Massachusetts Geography of Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts natural resources Sounds of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-geo-stub
Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket
Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...
on the south, and Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the s ...
on the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the Vineyard Sound. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area at the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer t ...
.
Nantucket Sound possesses significant marine
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habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically
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important species. "The Sound" has particular significance for several federally protected species of wildlife and a variety of commercially
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and recreationally valuable fisheries
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.
The Sound is located at a confluence of the cold Labrador Currents and the warm Gulf Stream
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. This creates a unique coastal habitat representing the southern range for Northern Atlantic species and the northern range for Mid-Atlantic species. Nantucket Sound has much biological diversity and contains habitats that range from open sea to salt marshes, as well as warm-water beaches on the Cape and Islands coasts.
See also
* The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority—providingferry
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service in the Sound
* Wind Over Water
''Wind Over Water: The Cape Wind Story'' is an independent documentary film which chronicles the controversy over the Cape Wind Project. The film, by journalist Ole Tangen Jr. documented both sides of the debate as it unfolded on the Cape. An in ...
—A documentary film about the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound.
References
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Bodies of water of Barnstable County, Massachusetts Geography of Nantucket, Massachusetts Geography of Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts natural resources Sounds of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-geo-stub