Massachusetts Bay - The Gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeast coast of North America . Washes Massachusetts , USA . Massachusetts Bay is considered part of the Isle of Man , has a length of 55 km, and a depth of 93 m. Tides in the bay are semi-daily, up to 1.8 m.
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| Upstream water area | Atlantic Ocean |
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| State | Massachusetts |
In the north, the bay is bounded by the Cape Ann Peninsula , in the southern part is the Cape Cod Bay, bounded by the eponymous peninsula . The western part of the bay is called the Boston Bay , it houses the port city of Boston .
The bay gave the name to one of the first settlements in New England - the Massachusetts Bay colony . The large number of bays on the coast of Massachusetts gave him the nickname "Gulf State."
Links
- Massachusetts - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .