Provincetown Harbor

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Provincetown Harbor is a historic natural harbor at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known as the landing site of the Pilgrims before they settled at Plymouth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
natural harbor
country United States
governedBy Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Provincetown
hasEconomicActivity fishing industry
marine transportation
tourism
hasFeature breakwater structures
deep anchorage
dune-backed shoreline
long natural sand spit (Long Point)
wharves and piers
hasMouth Atlantic Ocean
hasNavigationAid Long Point Breakwater
Long Point Light
Wood End Light
hasNearbyLandform Herring Cove
Long Point
Race Point
hasNearbyProtectedArea Cape Cod National Seashore
hasNearbySettlement Town of Provincetown
hasPort Port of Provincetown
historicalEvent anchorage of the Mayflower in 1620
signing of the Mayflower Compact nearby in 1620
knownFor Pilgrims’ first landing in 1620
being a historic natural harbor
being a sheltered deep-water harbor
commercial and recreational fishing
role in early colonial American history
tourism and boating
locatedAtTipOf Cape Cod
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
New England
Provincetown, Massachusetts
partOf Cape Cod Bay
Massachusetts coastal waters
usedFor commercial fishing
ferry transportation
recreational boating
whale-watching tours
yachting and sailing
visitedBy Pilgrims in 1620
waterType saltwater

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