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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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