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Nantucket

Resort island and county in southeast Massachusetts, USA, 40 km/25 mi south of Cape Cod across Nantucket Sound; population (2000 est) 9,500. Extending over 120 sq km/46 sq mi, its beaches have made it a popular summer vacation area. The island was explored by the English in 1602, settled in 1659 by Quaker and Presbyterian families, and became part of Massachusetts in 1692. In the 18th–19th centuries, Nantucket Town (incorporated in 1671) was a whaling port.

The island was purchased by Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard in 1659 from the local people for £30 and two beaver hats. It has four entries on the national register of historic places.
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Bill's top winds were whizzing at 85 miles (140 kilometers) per hour about 255 miles (415 km) south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 550 miles (880 km) south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, spinning northward at about 24 miles (39 km) per hour.
Weaker Hurricane Bill heads for US, Canada coasts by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Bill's top winds were whizzing at 85 miles (140 kilometers) per hour about 255 miles (415 km) south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and 550 miles (880 km) south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, spinning northward at about 24 miles (39 km) per hour.
Weaker Hurricane Bill heads for US, Canada coasts by AFP / AFP American Edition
DIVERS have identified a shipwreck off Nantucket, Massachusetts, as a British steamship that sank more than 120 years ago.
Shipwreck by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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