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  Buzzards Bay (bay) in TutorGig Encyclopedia
'Buzzards Bay' is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the state of Massachusetts.
It is surrounded by the Elizabeth Islands on the south, by Cape Cod on the east, and the southern coasts of Bristol and Plymouth Counties in Massachusetts to the northwest.
The city of New Bedford, Massachusetts is a historically significant port on Buzzards Bay.
www.tutorgig.com /ed/Buzzards_Bay_(bay)   (247 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Guantanamo Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Guantanamo Bay is located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba (United States Naval base at Guantanamo Bay hosts a detainment camp for prisoners of war collected from both Afghanistan and Iraq.
The bay was originally named Guantanamo by the Taino and renamed Cumberland when the English took it in the first part of the 18th century during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
The particular legal status of Guantanamo Bay was a factor in the choice of Guantanamo as a detention center.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Guantanamo_Bay   (3052 words)

  
 Buzzards Bay on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BUZZARDS BAY [Buzzards Bay] inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi (48 km) long, from 5 to 10 mi (8-16 m) wide, SE Mass., connected with Cape Cod Bay by the Cape Cod Canal and bounded on the SE by the Elizabeth Islands.
3,250), seat of Cape Cod Canal administration, is in the town of Bourne on the shore of the bay.
Buzzards Bay, Mass., Invites Planners to Draft Downtown Redevelopment.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Buzzards.asp   (184 words)

  
 Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Massachusetts is known as the Bay State because of the several large bays that give its coastline its distinctive shape: Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay on the state's east coast, and Buzzards Bay to the south.
Boston is the largest city, located at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, at the mouth of the Charles River, the longest river entirely within Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can be segmented as mass-achu-sets, where mass is "great", achu is "hill" and sets is a locative suffix.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massachusetts   (4436 words)

  
 Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay - Buzzards Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi (48 km) long, from 5 to 10 mi (8–16 m) wide,...
Massachusetts Bay - Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
The bay, with its arms (Boston, Cape Cod, and...
www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0810274.html   (292 words)

  
 Finfish and Fishing Information for Buzzards Bay Massachusetts from the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program
Our program was established in 1985 after Congress designated Buzzards Bay an "estuary of national significance." We joined the NEP in 1987.
Our mission is to protect and restore water quality and living resources in Buzzards Bay and its surrounding watershed through the implementation of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.
Fishes of Buzzards Bay Poster 8.5 x 11 inch micro version (111 kb pdf), which is just barely readible when printed, but magnifies well on your computer screen.
www.buzzardsbay.org /fishing.htm   (746 words)

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