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Nonamesset Island

Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island is located in Massachusetts
Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island is located in the United States
Nonamesset Island
Nonamesset Island
Geography
Coordinates41°30′30″N 70°41′13″W / 41.5084422°N 70.6869745°W[1]
ArchipelagoElizabeth Islands
Total islands1
Area.54 sq mi (1.4 km2)
Highest elevation52 ft (15.8 m)
Administration
United States
StateMassachusetts
CountyDukes County
The Elizabeth Islands
ElizabethIslandsChart.png
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. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  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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