Baret Island

Baret Island
Baret Island
Baret Island
Geography
Coordinates 41°26′08″N 70°53′08″W / 41.4356636°N 70.8855895°W / 41.4356636; -70.8855895Coordinates: 41°26′08″N 70°53′08″W / 41.4356636°N 70.8855895°W / 41.4356636; -70.8855895[1]
Archipelago Elizabeth Islands
Total islands 1
Highest elevation 82 ft (25 m)
Administration
United States
State Massachusetts
County Dukes County
The Elizabeth Islands
Islands listed in order from east to west:
Major Islands:
Nonamesset Uncatena Naushon Pasque Nashawena Penikese Cuttyhunk
Minor Islands:
Bachelor Baret Bull Cedar Gosnold Gull Rock Veckatimest Weepecket Islands

Baret Island is a small, sandy but mostly-rocky, oval-shaped island in Buzzards Bay; it is part of the town of Gosnold, in Dukes County and the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts, USA.[2] The island is just off the near mid-northern coast of Nashawena Island, northeast of Rock Island, southeast of a peninsula known as The Neck on Nashawena Island, and directly north of Middle Pond, also on Nashawena.

References

  1. ↑ "Baret Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Baret Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
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