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Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 offshore from the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod
Cape Cod

Cape Cod, often referred to as simply the Cape, is a peninsula in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States....
 on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island off the United States east coast, to the south of Cape Cod, both forming a part of the Outer Lands region. It is often called just "the Vineyard"....
 on the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound

Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the USA....
. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis, Massachusetts

Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census....
.

Nantucket Sound possesses significant marine
Ocean

An ocean is a major body of Seawater, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a World Ocean that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas....
 habitat
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for a diversity
Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems....
 of ecologically
Ecology

Ecology is the science study of the distribution and Abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their nature environment ....
 and economically
Economics

File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
 important species.






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Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 offshore from the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod
Cape Cod

Cape Cod, often referred to as simply the Cape, is a peninsula in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States....
 on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island off the United States east coast, to the south of Cape Cod, both forming a part of the Outer Lands region. It is often called just "the Vineyard"....
 on the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound

Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the USA....
. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis, Massachusetts

Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census....
.

Nantucket Sound possesses significant marine
Ocean

An ocean is a major body of Seawater, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a World Ocean that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas....
 habitat
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for a diversity
Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems....
 of ecologically
Ecology

Ecology is the science study of the distribution and Abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their nature environment ....
 and economically
Economics

File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
 important species. "The Sound" has particular significance for several federally protected species of wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
 and a variety of commercially
Commercial fishing

File:Greetsiel 33 Poseidon 01.jpgCommercial fishing, also known as industrial fishing, is the activity of capturing fish and other seafood for Commerce profit, mostly from Wild fisheries of the world....
 and recreationally valuable fisheries.

The Sound is located at a confluence of the cold Labrador
Labrador

Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
 currents and the warm Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Current, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic Ocean ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, exits through the Straits of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland and Labrador before crossing the At...
. This creates a unique coastal habitat representing the southern range for Northern Atlantic species and the northern range for Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic

Mid-Atlantic can refer to:*Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean separating two tectonic plates*Mid-Atlantic English, a mix between English English and American English...
 species. Nantucket Sound has a lot of biological diversity and contains habitats that range from open sea to salt marshes, as well as warm-water beaches on the Cape and Islands coasts.

Future

A proposal by Cape Wind
Cape Wind

The Cape Wind Project is a $900 million proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod in Massachusetts proposed by a private developer, Cape Wind Associates....
 to construct the first offshore wind farm
Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage power collection system and communications network....
 in the United States has been met with controversy because of its location in Nantucket Sound.

See also

  • Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
    Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound

    The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a 501 nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the long-term preservation of Nantucket Sound....
     -- 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the long-term preservation of Nantucket Sound
  • Cape Wind
    Cape Wind

    The Cape Wind Project is a $900 million proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod in Massachusetts proposed by a private developer, Cape Wind Associates....
     -- Proposed Off-Shore Wind Project
  • The Steamship Authority -- providing ferry
    Ferry

    A ferry is a form of transport, usually a boat or ship, used to carry passengers and their vehicles across a body of water. Ferries are also used to transport freight and even railroad cars....
     service in the Sound
  • Wind Over Water
    Wind Over Water

    Wind Over Water - The Cape Wind Story is an independent documentary film which chronicles the controversy over the Cape Wind Project. The film, by journalist Ole Tangen Jr....
     -- A documentary film about the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound.


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