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Encyclopedia > Cape Cod Bay

Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of 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 open ocean. Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the Gulf of Maine.


Since 1914, Cape Cod Bay has been connected to Buzzards Bay by the Cape Cod Canal, which divides Cape Cod from the rest of the mainland.


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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Cape Cod Bay (515 words)
Cape Cod Bay is ecologically rich with a complex and diverse array of coastal and marine habitats.
A semi-enclosed embayment that forms the southernmost extremity of Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay is bounded by Cape Cod to the south and east, Plymouth County to the west and Massachusetts Bay and the open ocean to the north.
Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket were all formed at the end of the last ice age when the Wisconsin ice sheet dissipated between 16,000 and 20,000 years ago.
Cape Cod Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (255 words)
Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of 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 open ocean.
Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the Gulf of Maine.
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