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Cape Cod Bay

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noun

  1. a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.


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While Wiley’s crew was working, a right whale was found entangled in Cape Cod Bay.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Because they can't tag North Atlantic right whales, they're looking for correlations between DMS hotspots and right whale aggregations in Cape Cod Bay.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2023

A recent analysis done for NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science assessed mussels throughout the Gulf of Maine, which extends from Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts to the shoreline of Nova Scotia.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023

Rep. William Keating, a Democrat whose district includes the Cape, wrote to Holtec with other top Massachusetts lawmakers in January to oppose releasing water into Cape Cod Bay.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

It was on the shore of Cape Cod Bay that the new settlers had landed, in the inlet now called New Plymouth Harbor: but this was not the place of their original destination.

From The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers by Mrs. (Annie) Webb-Peploe

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