Editing Nantucket Sound

{{Short description|A roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts}}

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[[File:Cape Cod Bay map.png|thumb|right|Nantucket Sound lies between [[Cape Cod]], [[Martha's Vineyard]], and [[Nantucket]].]]
[[File:Nasa, cape cod.jpg|thumb|Nantucket Sound, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket]]

'''Nantucket [[Sound_(geography)|Sound]]''' is a roughly triangular area of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] offshore from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]]. It is {{convert|30|mi|km}} long and {{convert|25|mi|km}} wide, and is enclosed by [[Cape Cod]] on the north, [[Nantucket]] on the south, and [[Martha's Vineyard]] on the west.<ref>{{GNIS|617990|Nantucket Sound}}</ref> Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the [[Vineyard Sound]]. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]].

Nantucket Sound possesses significant [[ocean|marine]] [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]] for a [[Biodiversity|diversity]] of [[ecology|ecologically]] and [[economics|economically]] important species. "The Sound" has particular significance for several federally protected species of [[wildlife]] and a variety of [[commercial fishing|commercially]] and [[sport fishing|recreationally]] valuable [[fisheries]].

The Sound is located at a confluence of the cold [[Labrador Current]]s and the warm [[Gulf Stream]]. This creates a unique coastal habitat representing the southern range for [[North Atlantic|Northern Atlantic]] species and the northern range for [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]] species. Nantucket Sound has much biological diversity and contains habitats that range from open sea to [[salt marsh]]es, as well as warm-water beaches on the Cape and Islands coasts.
Nantucket Sound is well known for the numerous shoals within its boundaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waterway Guide {{!}} Cruising Nantucket Sound |url=https://www.waterwayguide.com/knowledge-center/news-post/12200/cruising-nantucket-sound-ma |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.waterwayguide.com |language=en}}</ref> 

==See also==
* [[The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority]]—providing [[ferry]] service in the Sound
* [[Wind Over Water]]—A documentary film about the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound.

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231306/http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=49249 Two Tidal Projects Gain Speed in Energy Development Race]}}

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[[Category:Bodies of water of Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Geography of Nantucket, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Geography of Martha's Vineyard]]
[[Category:Massachusetts natural resources]]
[[Category:Sounds of Massachusetts]]

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