Nantucket Island

Nantucket Island
(остров) Нантакет
Расположен в Атлантическом океане в 40 км к югу от полуострова Кейп-Код [Cape Cod]. Население около 4 тыс. человек. Популярное место летнего отдыха жителей штата Массачусетс. При длине острова в 24 км общая протяженность пляжей составляет 141 км. Открыт Б. Госнолдом [Gosnold, Bartholomew] в 1602; первое поселение было основано здесь около 1659. С XVII в. до середины XIX в. остров был всемирно известным китобойным центром. На севере острова маяк [North Lighthouse]; примерно в 80 км от острова первый в США плавучий маяк (1856). Центр острова г. Нантакет; его главная улица застроена богатыми особняками владельцев китобойных промыслов XIX в. В городе находится известный Китобойный музей [Whaling Museum]

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