Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket Island
.Nantucket Shoals is an area of dangerously shallow water in the
Nantucket Lightship
.
Argo Merchant
aground on Middle Rip, December 15, 1976.Nantucket Shoals is made up of the following features:[3]
- Asia Rip
- Davis Bank
- Fishing Rip
- Middle Rip
- Phelps Bank
According to the 2010 edition of the gross tons should avoid the area bounded by the points in the below table.[1]
| Point | Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Madaket | 41°16′30″N 70°12′30″W / 41.275°N 70.208333°W | |
| Southwest point | 40°43′12″N 70°00′30″W / 40.72°N 70.008333°W | |
| Near Asia Rip | 40°44′30″N 69°19′00″W / 40.741667°N 69.316667°W | |
| Near Fishing Rip | 41°04′30″N 69°19′00″W / 41.075°N 69.316667°W | |
| Northeast point | 41°23′30″N 69°31′30″W / 41.391667°N 69.525°W | |
| Great Point Light | 41°23′24″N 70°02′48″W / 41.39°N 70.046667°W |
References
- ^ a b United States Coast Pilot. Vol. 2 (39th ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Ocean Service. 2010. pp. 178–179. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
- JSTOR 208104.
- ^ United States Coast Pilot. Vol. 2 (39th ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Ocean Service. 2010. pp. 179–180. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nantucket Shoals.
- "Nantucket Shoals". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "A Fine Load of Codfish: Caught on the Rough Nantucket Shoals" (PDF). The New York Times. June 23, 1878. Retrieved April 17, 2010.