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Elizabeth Islands

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Elizabeth Islands

Island chain, constituting the town of Gosnold in Dukes County, southeast Massachusetts; total area of 36 sq km/14 sq mi; population (1990) 100. The 16 islands, the largest of which are Naushon and Nashawena, run southwest for 24 km/15 mi from the southwest tip of Cape Cod, with Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. Their population consists mostly of summer residents.

Tradition says Leif Eriksson sailed in these waters, but the first definite European landing was by Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602.

There is a coast guard station on Cuttyhunk, the outermost island.
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Martin Jeffries of the US National Science Foundation and University of Alaska Fairbanks, and who has studied the Ellesmere ice shelves since 1982, said they could float along the northern edge of Queen Elizabeth Islands toward the Beaufort Sea or enter the Canadian Archipelago.
Canada's Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away by AFP / AFP American Edition
Martin Jeffries of the US National Science Foundation and University of Alaska Fairbanks, and who has studied the Ellesmere ice shelves since 1982, said they could float along the northern edge of Queen Elizabeth Islands toward the Beaufort Sea or enter the Canadian Archipelago.
Canada's Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Another favorite trip is to Cuttyhunk, the westernmost of the Elizabeth Islands, which is 6 miles from the marina.
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