Buzzards Bay


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North America, New England, Atlantic Bay Buzzards Bay

Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi/48 km long and 5 mi/8 km-10 mi/16 km wide, SE Mass., connected with Cape Cod Bay by the Cape Cod Canal and bounded on the SE by the Elizabeth Isles. Its shores are very irregular. The village of Buzzards Bay (1990 pop. 3,250; 2000 pop. 3,549), seat of Cape Cod Canal administration, is in the town of Bourne on the shore of the bay; 41º46'N 70º37'W.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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