Nauset Harbor area

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The Nauset Harbor area is a coastal region on Cape Cod in Massachusetts historically inhabited and used by the Indigenous Nauset people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
geographic area
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Nauset Beach
Nauset Marsh
Pleasant Bay
climate humid continental with strong maritime influence
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean via tidal inlets
governedBy Orleans
surface form: Town of Orleans government
hasArchaeologicalSites Indigenous shell middens
prehistoric Indigenous campsites
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Nauset people
hasEcosystemType barrier beach
coastal dune system
salt marsh
tidal estuary
hasFeature barrier spits
channels
tidal flats
hasNearbySettlement Eastham
surface form: Eastham, Massachusetts

Orleans, Massachusetts
hasWildlife finfish
marine invertebrates
migratory shorebirds
shellfish
historicallyInhabitedBy Nauset people
historicallyUsedBy Nauset people
historicalUse fishing grounds for Nauset people
shellfish gathering area for Nauset people
travel and trade route for Nauset people
locatedIn Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Orleans, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Orleans, Massachusetts

United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Cape Cod National Seashore
surface form: Cape Cod National Seashore (partly)
managedBy Division of Marine Fisheries
surface form: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (for shellfish regulations)

National Park Service
surface form: National Park Service (for Cape Cod National Seashore portions)
namedAfter Nauset people
partOf Nauset Marsh
surface form: Nauset Marsh system

Outer Cape Cod
subjectTo coastal erosion
sea level rise impacts
usedFor birdwatching
commercial fishing
recreation
recreational boating
shellfishing

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Nauset people traditionalTerritory Nauset Harbor area