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1529:Categories
1350:Shag Rocks
1328:Nixes Mate
1288:The Graves
1168:Wings Neck
1158:Salem Neck
1153:Rose Point
1078:Peninsulas
1015:The Graves
977:Shag Rocks
907:Nut Island
885:Nixes Mate
686:Cove Ledge
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566:Black Rock
406:70°55′41″W
403:42°19′46″N
340:August 11,
194:References
164:beach plum
156:gray birch
82:Magnifique
77:Dorchester
1421:Spinnaker
1355:Spectacle
1345:Rainsford
1282:Governors
870:Nantucket
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168:raspberry
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1492:Winthrop
1464:Weymouth
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1360:Thompson
1334:Noddle's
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1128:Humarock
1091:Cape Cod
1086:Cape Ann
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