List of islands of Massachusetts
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This is a list of islands of Massachusetts.
| Name | Municipality | Populated? | Terrain | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Abiels Ledge | Onset (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Abnecotants Island | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Alden Island | Duxbury | inhabited? | residence | minor island / wetland |
| Aldridge Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Alleghany Rock | Vineyard Haven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Allen Rock | Edgartown | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Allen Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland |
| Amrita Island | Cataumet?? (Catumet??) (CDP) | inhabited | residential area | |
| Angelica Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Anuxanon Island | Lakeville | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Apple Island | Boston | uninhabited | commercial use | part of the Logan Int'l Airport complex |
| Archer Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Averills Island | Topsfield | uninhabited | forested | wetland |
| Babson Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bachelor Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Badgers Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bagwell Island | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Bailey Flat | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Bakers Island | Salem | inhabited | residential area | isolated community |
| Bar Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bar Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Baret Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Barrel Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Barstow Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartlett Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartlett Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartletts Island | Marshfield | inhabited | residential area | wetland |
| Barton Island | Turners Falls (CDP) | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Bass Ledge | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock[1] | Quincy/Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bassetts Island | Bourne | inhabited | residential area | isolated community |
| Bates Island | Webster | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Bates Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bear Island | Foxborough | inhabited? | residence? | isolated (residence?) |
| Bear Island | Scituate | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Bearse Rock | Hyannis | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Beaver Island | Rowe | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Bemo Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bench Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bents Ledge | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Big Pine Island | Westport | uninhabited | forested? | |
| Big Quamino Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Big Ram Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | wetland |
| Big Rock | Tisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Billingsgate Island | Wellfleet | uninhabited | barren | abandoned settlement |
| Bird Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has tower structure |
| Black Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has beacon structure |
| Black Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Beverly | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland |
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blind Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blue Fish Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blueberry Island | Winchendon | inhabited | residential area | |
| Boohoo Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | (Boston Harbor) | inhabited | National Recreation Area | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands |
| Boutwell Island | Groton | uninhabited | state forest | J Harry Rich State Forest |
| Boynton Island | Gloucester | inhabited? | residence? | wetland |
| Brace Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | large rock |
| Brant Island | Mattapoisett | inhabited | residential area | |
| Brant Rock | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | large rock |
| Brewster Islands | Boston | inhabited | state park | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Briggs Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Brimbles | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks |
| Brooklyn Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Brown Island | Marblehead | inhabited? | residence? | |
| Browns Island | Newbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Brush Island | Oak Bluffs | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Brush Island | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| *Buck Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Buckthorn Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bull Island | Gosnold | inhabited? | residence? | |
| Bull Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Bumpkin Island | Hingham | inhabited? | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Burnham Rocks | Gloucester? | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks |
| Button Island | Hingham | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Calf Island | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Calf Islands | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / compilation of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Canary Island | Hatfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Canoe Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Carr Island | Salisbury | uninhabited | state wildlife management area | wetland |
| Carrick Island | Petersham | uninhabited | forested | |
| Castle Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Caswell Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cat Island | Quincy | uninhabited | barren | |
| Cataumet Rock | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cedar Island | Dartmouth | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland |
| Cedar Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cedar Island | Wareham | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cemetery Island | Clinton | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Chaces Island | Newbury/Newburyport | uninhabited | barren | |
| Channel Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Channel Rock | (Nantucket Sound) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Chapman Island | Petersham | uninhabited | barren | |
| Chappaquiddick Island | Edgartown | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Checkerberry Island | Webster | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Childrens Island | Salem? | inhabited | residential area | |
| Childs Island | Medfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland |
| Chittenden Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Choate Island | ||||
| Chubb Island | Beverly? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Church Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Church Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Clapps Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Clark Island | Otis/Tolland | uninhabited | state forest | Tolland State Forest |
| Clark's Island | Plymouth | inhabited | residential area | |
| Cleft Rock | ||||
| Cleveland East Ledge | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cleveland Island | Mashpee | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Cleveland Ledge | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cobble Island | Webster | inhabited | residence | isolated residence |
| Coffin Rock | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Commissioners Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Common Island | Duxbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Cone Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Coney Island | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Coney Island Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Conspiracy Island | Berkley | uninhabited | light growth | minor island |
| Cooks Island | Kingston | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cormorant Rock | Marblehead? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Cormorant Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | has beacon / minor island |
| Corn Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Corys Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | |
| Cove Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Crescent Island | Foxborough | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Cross Farm Hill | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Cross Island | Essex | inhabited | residential area | wetland |
| Crow Island | Fairhaven | inhabited | residence | minor island |
| Crow Island Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Crowninshield Island | Marblehead | uninhabited | light growth | minor island |
| Cunningham Ledge | Boylston | uninhabited | minor island | |
| Cuttyhuck Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Cuttyhunk Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Dartmouth Rock | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| David Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | |
| Davids Island | Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Davis Neck | ||||
| Dead Neck | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | |
| Dean Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Decatur Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Deer Island | Amesbury | inhabited? | commercial use? | minor island |
| Deer Island | Boston Harbor | uninhabited | National Park | |
| Den Hill Island | ||||
| Devils Foot Island | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Devilsfoot Island | Medfield | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Dighton Rock | Berkley | uninhabited | state park | minor rock / Dighton Rock State Park / Massachusetts' (official) state explorer rock |
| Dilly Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Dodge Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dogfish Ledge | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dole Island | Newbury | uninhabited | nat. wildlife refuge | minor island / wetland / Parker River National Wildlife Refuge |
| Dolphin Rock | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dread Ledge | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dry Salvages | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | compilation of islands |
| Duck Island | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Eagle Island | ||||
| Egg Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | ||
| Gooseberry Island | ||||
| Gallops Island | ||||
| Gerry Island | ||||
| Georges Island | ||||
| Gooseberry Island | ||||
| Governors Island | ||||
| Grape Island | ||||
| Graves Island | ||||
| Great Bank | ||||
| Great Brewster Island | ||||
| Great Egg Island | ||||
| Great Flat | ||||
| Great Island | ||||
| Great Misery Island | ||||
| Green Island | ||||
| Gull Island | ||||
| Gunning Island | ||||
| Hales Island | ||||
| Halfmoon Flat | ||||
| Hangman Island | ||||
| Holy Island | ||||
| House Island | ||||
| Kettle Island | ||||
| Langlee Island | ||||
| Leaveau Island | ||||
| Little Brewster Island | ||||
| Little Calf Island | ||||
| Little Island | ||||
| Little Quabbin Island | ||||
| Little Ram Island | ||||
| Little Salvages | ||||
| Long Beach Rock | ||||
| Long Island | ||||
| Lovell's Island | ||||
| Marblehead Rock | ||||
| Martha's Vineyard | ||||
| Middle Brewster Island | ||||
| Middle Ground | ||||
| Milk Island | ||||
| Monomoy Island | ||||
| Monohamsett Island | ||||
| Moon Island | ||||
| Morris Island | ||||
| Mount Zion Island | ||||
| Muskeget Island | ||||
| Nantucket | ||||
| Nashawena Island | ||||
| Naushon Island | ||||
| Newton Island | ||||
| Nixes Mate | ||||
| Nomans Land | ||||
| Nonamesset Island | ||||
| North Monomoy Island | ||||
| Nut Island | ||||
| Onset Island | ||||
| Osterville Grand Island | ||||
| Outer Brewster Island | ||||
| Palmers Island | ||||
| Park Island | ||||
| Parker Hill Island | ||||
| Pasque Island | ||||
| Peddocks Island | ||||
| Penikese Island | ||||
| Pierce Island | ||||
| Pine Island | ||||
| Plum Island | ||||
| Popes Island | ||||
| Popponesset Island | ||||
| Prince Head | ||||
| Raccoon IslandPrince HeadRaccoon Island | ||||
| Ragged Island | ||||
| Rainsford Island | ||||
| Ram Island | ||||
| Roger Island | ||||
| Round Island | ||||
| Sampsons Island | ||||
| Sanford Flat | ||||
| Sarah Island | ||||
| Sea Ledge | ||||
| Seal Island | ||||
| Shag Rocks | ||||
| Sheep Island | ||||
| Sipson Island | ||||
| Sipson Meadow | ||||
| Slate Island | ||||
| Snake Island | ||||
| South Monomoy Island | ||||
| Southworth Island | ||||
| Spectacle Island | ||||
| Spinnaker Island | ||||
| Stall Hill Island | ||||
| Stevens Island | ||||
| Straitsmouth Island | ||||
| Strong Island | ||||
| Tenpound Island | ||||
| Tern Island | ||||
| Thacher Island | ||||
| The Graves | ||||
| Thompson Island | ||||
| Tilden Island | ||||
| Tinker's Island | ||||
| Tobys Island | ||||
| Tuckernuck Island | ||||
| Uncatena Island | ||||
| Veckatimest Island | ||||
| Walker Hill Island | ||||
| Washburn Island | ||||
| Weepecket Islands | ||||
| West Island | ||||
| Whites Flat | ||||
| Wickets Island | ||||
| Woodbridge Island |
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[edit] References
- ^ Bass Rock is federally recognized and is designated as an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, referenced in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which is developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), according to the USGS website. Bass Rock 's designated number on the GNIS is either #617550, #613293, or #614043.
