Massachusetts Bay

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bay body of water inlet

Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern coast of Massachusetts, historically significant as the site of early English colonial settlement in New England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Massachusetts Bay canonical 72
Massachusetts Bay region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
inlet ⓘ
adjacentTo Boston Harbor ⓘ
Cape Cod Bay ⓘ
Ipswich Bay ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
borderedBy Cape Ann ⓘ
Cape Cod ⓘ
Massachusetts coastline ⓘ
climateRegion humid continental climate zone ⓘ
contains Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
surface form: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
environmentalIssue marine pollution ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
governingBody state and federal maritime authorities ⓘ
hasFeature continental shelf waters ⓘ
important marine habitat ⓘ
tidal waters ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Boston Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Boston Harbor Islands

Thacher Island ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance associated with Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
site of early English colonial settlements ⓘ
jurisdiction Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
knownFor early English colonial settlement in New England ⓘ
fishing grounds ⓘ
maritime history ⓘ
shipping routes ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Gloucester, Massachusetts

Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Salem
locatedOnCoastOf eastern coast of Massachusetts ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Maine ⓘ
East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: U.S. East Coast
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
usedFor commercial fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greater Boston → bordersBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Boston is a major city in New England → locatedOn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Boston
MBTA → serves → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay region
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Essex County → bordersBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Essex County, Massachusetts
Lynn Harbor → partOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Suffolk County, Massachusetts → borders → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Ipswich Bay → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Boston Harbor → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → regionServed → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Gulf of Maine → hasPart → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Cape Cod Bay → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Cape Cod Bay → connectedTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Lynn, Massachusetts → coast → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Nahant → adjacentWaterBody → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Cape Ann → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Dorchester Company fishing outpost → locatedNear → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Gloucester Harbor → partOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Gloucester Harbor → waterwayAccess → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Broad Sound → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts coastline → hasPart → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → garrisonOrRecruitmentArea → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Lynn Beach → borders → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Lynn Beach → hasViewOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Wellfleet Harbor → near → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean via Boston Harbor → near → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Inner Harbor → connectedTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Salem Harbor → partOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Outer Harbor → opensInto → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area → locatedOnWaterbody → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant → dischargesTo → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Winthrop, Massachusetts → bordersBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 3A → passesNear → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Hingham Bay → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Hull, Massachusetts → locatedOn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Southern Essex County → bordersBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Lovells Island → hasViewOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Gallops Island → locatedInWaterbody → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusett → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusett → toponymicLegacy → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
United Colonies of America → includedTerritory → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Hull → locatedOn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Hull, Massachusetts
Hull → hasBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Hull, Massachusetts
Marblehead, Massachusetts → partOf → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Quincy, Massachusetts → locatedOn → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Dog Bar Breakwater → locatedAtBodyOfWater → Massachusetts Bay ⓘ