Gosnold Island

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Gosnold Island
Geography
Location Westend Pond
Coordinates 41°24′50″N70°56′53″W / 41.41388889°N 70.948055556°W / 41.41388889; -70.948055556 Coordinates: 41°24′50″N70°56′53″W / 41.41388889°N 70.948055556°W / 41.41388889; -70.948055556 [1]
Archipelago Elizabeth Islands
Total islands1
Highest elevation13 ft (4 m)
Administration
United States
State Massachusetts
County Dukes County

Gosnold Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in Westend Pond on Cuttyhunk Island 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Cuttyhunk in the Town of Gosnold. The island is named for Bartholomew Gosnold.

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Cuttyhunk Island Island in Massachusetts, US

Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. A small outpost for the harvesting of sassafras was occupied for a few weeks in 1602, arguably making it the first English settlement in New England. Cuttyhunk is located between Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. Penikese Island and Nashawena Island are located to the north and east respectively.

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Nashawena Island

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Cuttyhunk Harbor is a bay in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located between Copicut Neck on Cuttyhunk Island and Nashawena Island 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of Cuttyhunk in the Town of Gosnold. Cuttyhunk Harbor is connected to Vineyard Sound by Canapitsit Channel. Cuttyhunk is an Indian word meaning "cleared land" or "plantation".

Rock Island (Massachusetts)

Rock Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in Buzzards Bay off the north shore of Nashawena Island, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east-northeast of Cuttyhunk in the Town of Gosnold.

Saddleback Hill is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Nashawena Island 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east-northeast of Cuttyhunk in the Town of Gosnold. Middle Pond is located east of Saddleback Hill.

Gabriel Archer was an early explorer who became a settler at Jamestown. He explored Cape Cod with Bartholomew Gosnold before going in the first wave of settlers to Jamestown in 1607. At Jamestown, he clashed with John Smith repeatedly before eventually dying in the winter of 1609-1610, also known as the Starving Time. The Jamestown Rediscovery Project, among other scholars, considers the possibility that Gabriel Archer may have been a Catholic, based on how he was buried.

References

  1. "Gosnold Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2018-12-14.