Cape Ann
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Region of Massachusetts | |
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| Etymology: Anne of Denmark | |
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| Coordinates: 42°38′58.3″N 70°35′35.5″W / 42.649528°N 70.593194°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Massachusetts |
Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 miles northeast of Boston. It is the northern limit of Massachusetts Bay.
Cape Ann includes the city of Gloucester and the towns of Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport.
It was named after Anne of Denmark.[1][2]
Cape Ann Media
Eastern Massachusetts, with Cape Ann
Landsat satellite photo of Cape Ann. The communities of Rockport, Gloucester, Essex and Manchester form Cape Ann
References
- ↑ Stewart, George R.. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (1967)Houghton Mifflin. p. 38.
- ↑ Rasmus Andersen. The Church of Denmark and the Anglican CommunionProject Canterbury. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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