Nonamesset Island

Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island
Geography
Coordinates 41°30′30″N 70°41′13″W / 41.5084422°N 70.6869745°W / 41.5084422; -70.6869745Coordinates: 41°30′30″N 70°41′13″W / 41.5084422°N 70.6869745°W / 41.5084422; -70.6869745[1]
Archipelago Elizabeth Islands
Total islands 1
Area .54 sq mi (1.4 km2)
Highest elevation 52 ft (15.8 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

Nonamesset Island is the most easterly of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The island has a land area of 1.398 km² (0.54 sq mi or 345.5 acres) and was uninhabited as of the 2000 census.[2] The island is part of the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts.

Painter Robert Swain Gifford was born on the island in 1840.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nonamesset Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ David Bernard Dearinger; National Academy of Design (U.S.) (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
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