Nantucket Sound
The Nantucket Sound is an almost triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of the US state of Massachusetts . It is 30 miles long or 25 miles wide and is bounded by Cape Cod to the north, Nantucket to the south and Martha's Vineyard to the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, it is connected to the Vineyard Sound . Ports on Nantucket Sound are Nantucket and Hyannis .
The Nantucket Sound has important marine habitats for biodiversity of ecologically and economically important species. The area is also of particular importance for several protected animal and plant species as well as for angling and industrial fishing .
The body of water lies at the confluence of the cold Labrador Current , which flows into the warm Gulf Stream . This creates a unique coastal habitat that includes the southern range of the North Atlantic species and the northern range of the mid-Atlantic species. The Nantucket Sound therefore has a high biodiversity and contains habitats that range from the open sea to salt marshes and hot water beaches on the Cape as well as on island coasts.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′ N , 70 ° 16 ′ W