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Great Wass Island

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is in the island. The interior of Great Wass Island supports coastal Maine's largest stand of
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lie close to the east. The 1,450-acre (5.9 km)
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Atlantic Ocean
Maine
Jonesport
Washington County
Great Wass Archipelago
Beals Island
Head Harbor Island
Steels Harbor Island
Great Wass Island Preserve
jack pine
Rubus chamaemorus
sedge
Trichophorum cespitosum
Arethusa bulbosa
Beals
List of islands of Maine
Columbia Gazetteer of North America
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