Editing Cape Cod Bay (section)

{{short description|Large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts}}
[[Image:Cape Cod Bay map.png|thumb|right|A map showing the location of Cape Cod Bay.]]
[[File:ISS067-E-134796 Cape Cod.jpg|thumb|Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, and Massachusetts Bay, north is oriented to the right in this photo taken from the International Space Station on {{nowrap|June 15, 2022}}]]
[[Image:Cape Cod Bay 2009.jpg|thumb|Cape Cod Bay from a beach in [[Dennis, Massachusetts|Dennis]].]]

'''Cape Cod Bay''' is a large [[bay]] of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] adjacent to the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]]. Measuring {{convert|604|sqmi|km2}} below a line drawn from [[Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts|Brant Rock in Marshfield]] to [[Race Point Lighthouse|Race Point]] in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], it is enclosed by [[Cape Cod]] to the south and east, and [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts]], to the west. To the north of Cape Cod Bay lie [[Massachusetts Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name=Barbo>{{cite book |title=Cape Cod Bay A History of Salt and Sea |author=Theresa Mitchell Barbo |publisher=The History Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-59629-502-5}}</ref> Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the [[Gulf of Maine]]. Cape Cod Bay is one of the bays adjacent to Massachusetts that give it the name '''Bay State'''. The others are [[Narragansett Bay]], [[Buzzards Bay (bay)|Buzzards Bay]], and [[Massachusetts Bay]].