Bass Rock (Norfolk County, Massachusetts)
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(Coordinates: Lat. = 42.257'N, Lon. = 70.948'W)
Bass Rock is a small barren rock[1] within the Weymouth Fore River, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. It's very close to the Quincy city boundary. The rock is northwest of Wessagusset Beach, west of Fort Point and Jackknife Ledge, southeast of Rock Island Head (neighborhood) in Quincy, and east of Gull Point in Quincy.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Bass Rock is federally recognized and is designated as an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, referenced in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which is developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), according to the USGS website. Bass Rock 's designated number on the GNIS is either #617550, #613293, or #614043.