List of islands of Massachusetts
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This is a list of islands of Massachusetts.
| Name | Municipality | Populated? | Terrain | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Abiels Ledge | Onset (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Abnecotants Island | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Alden Island | Duxbury | inhabited? | residence | minor island / wetland |
| Aldridge Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Alleghany Rock | Vineyard Haven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Allen Rock | Edgartown | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Allen Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland |
| Amrita Island | Cataumet (CDP) | inhabited | residential area | |
| Angelica Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Anuxanon Island | Lakeville | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Apple Island | Boston | uninhabited | commercial use | part of the Logan Int'l Airport complex |
| Archer Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Averills Island | Topsfield | uninhabited | forested | wetland |
| Babson Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bachelor Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Badgers Rock | Salisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bagwell Island | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Bailey Flat | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Bakers Island | Salem | inhabited | residential area | isolated community |
| Bar Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bar Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Baret Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Barrel Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Barstow Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartlett Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartlett Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bartletts Island | Marshfield | inhabited | residential area | wetland |
| Barton Island | Turners Falls (CDP) | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Bass Ledge | Nantucket | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bass Rock | Quincy/Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bassetts Island | Bourne | inhabited | residential area | isolated community |
| Bates Island | Webster | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Bates Rock | Scituate | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bear Island | Foxborough | inhabited? | residence? | isolated (residence?) |
| Bear Island | Scituate | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Bearse Rock | Hyannis | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Beaver Island | Rowe | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Bemo Ledge | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bench Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bents Ledge | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Big Pine Island | Westport | uninhabited | forested? | |
| Big Quamino Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Big Ram Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | wetland |
| Big Rock | Tisbury | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Billingsgate Island | Wellfleet | uninhabited | barren | abandoned settlement |
| Bird Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has tower structure |
| Black Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor island / has beacon structure |
| Black Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Beverly | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock / wetland |
| Black Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Black Rock | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blind Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blue Fish Rock | Marshfield | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Blueberry Island | Winchendon | inhabited | residential area | |
| Boohoo Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | (Boston Harbor) | inhabited | National Recreation Area | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands |
| Boutwell Island | Groton | uninhabited | state forest | J Harry Rich State Forest |
| Boynton Island | Gloucester | inhabited? | residence? | wetland |
| Brace Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | large rock |
| Brant Island | Mattapoisett | inhabited | residential area | |
| Brant Rock | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | large rock |
| Brewster Islands | Boston | inhabited | state park | U.S. Coast Guard station / compilaton of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Briggs Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Brimbles | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks |
| Brooklyn Rock | Fairhaven | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Brown Island | Marblehead | inhabited? | residence? | |
| Browns Island | Newbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Brush Island | Oak Bluffs | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Brush Island | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Buck Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Buckthorn Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Bull Island | Gosnold | inhabited? | residence? | |
| Bull Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Bumkin Island | Hingham | inhabited? | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Burnham Rocks | Gloucester? | uninhabited | barren | minor rocks |
| Button Island | Hingham | uninhabited | forested | minor island |
| Calf Island | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Calf Islands | Boston | uninhabited | state park | ruins / compilation of islands / Boston Harbor Islands State Park |
| Canary Island | Hatfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Canoe Rock | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Carr Island | Salisbury | uninhabited | state wildlife management area | wetland |
| Carrick Island | Petersham | uninhabited | forested | |
| Castle Rock | Nahant | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Caswell Rock | Marblehead | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cat Island | Quincy | uninhabited | barren | |
| Cataumet Rock | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cedar Island | Dartmouth | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland |
| Cedar Island | Gosnold | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cedar Island | Wareham | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cemetery Island | Clinton | uninhabited | heavily forested | |
| Chaces Island | Newbury/Newburyport | uninhabited | barren | |
| Channel Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Channel Rock | (Nantucket Sound) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Chapman Island | Petersham | uninhabited | barren | |
| Chappaquiddick Island | Edgartown | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Checkerberry Island | Webster | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Childrens Island | Salem? | inhabited | residential area | |
| Childs Island | Medfield | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island / wetland |
| Chittenden Rock | Cohasset | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Chubb Island | Beverly? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Church Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Church Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Clapps Island | Marion | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Clark Island | Otis/Tolland | uninhabited | state forest | Tolland State Forest |
| Clarks Island | Plymouth | inhabited | residential area | |
| Cleveland East Ledge | Falmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cleveland Island | Mashpee | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Cleveland Ledge | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Cobble Island | Webster | inhabited | residence | isolated residence |
| Coffin Rock | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Commissioners Ledge | Boston | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Common Island | Duxbury | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Cone Rock | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Coney Island | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Coney Island Rock | Salem | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Conspiracy Island | Berkley | uninhabited | light growth | minor island |
| Cooks Island | Kingston | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Cormorant Rock | Marblehead? | uninhabited | barren | mid-size rock |
| Cormorant Rock | Mattapoisett | uninhabited | barren | has beacon / minor island |
| Corn Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Corys Island | Westport | uninhabited | barren | |
| Cove Ledge | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Crescent Island | Foxborough | uninhabited | heavily forested | minor island |
| Cross Farm Hill | Ipswich | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Cross Island | Essex | inhabited | residential area | wetland |
| Crow Island | Fairhaven | inhabited | residence | minor island |
| Crow Island Rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Crowninshield Island | Marblehead | uninhabited | light growth | minor island |
| Cunningham Ledge | Boylston | uninhabited | minor island | |
| Cuttyhuck Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Cuttyhunk Island | Gosnold | inhabited | residential area | large island |
| Dartmouth Rock | Dartmouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| David Rock | Gloucester | uninhabited | barren | |
| Davids Island | Weymouth | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dead Neck | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | |
| Dean Island | Essex | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Decatur Rock | New Bedford | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Deer Island | Amesbury | inhabited? | commercial use? | minor island |
| Devils Foot Island | Woods Hole (CDP) | uninhabited | barren | minor island |
| Devilsfoot Island | Medfield | uninhabited | forested | minor island / wetland |
| Dighton Rock | Berkley | uninhabited | state park | minor rock / Dighton Rock State Park / Massachusetts' (official) state explorer rock |
| Dilly Island | Essex | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Dodge Rock | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dogfish Ledge | Westport | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dole Island | Newbury | uninhabited | nat. wildlife refuge | minor island / wetland / Parker River National Wildlife Refuge |
| Dolphin Rock | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Dread Ledge | Swampscott | uninhabited | barren | minor rock |
| Duck Island | Barnstable | uninhabited | barren | minor island / wetland |
| Dry Salvages | Rockport | uninhabited | barren | compilation of islands |
| Eagle Island | ||||
| Egg Rock | ||||
| Fish Island | ||||
| Gallops Island | ||||
| Gerry Island | ||||
| Georges Island | ||||
| Gooseberry Island | ||||
| Grape Island | ||||
| Graves Island | ||||
| Great Bank | ||||
| Great Brewster Island | ||||
| Great Egg Island | ||||
| Great Flat | ||||
| Great Island | ||||
| Great Misery Island | ||||
| Green Island | ||||
| Gull Island | ||||
| Gunning Island | ||||
| Hales Island | ||||
| Halfmoon Flat | ||||
| Hangman Island | ||||
| Holy Island | ||||
| House Island | ||||
| Kettle Island | ||||
| Langlee Island | ||||
| Leaveau Island | ||||
| Little Brewster Island | ||||
| Little Calf Island | ||||
| Little Island | ||||
| Little Quabbin Island | ||||
| Little Ram Island | ||||
| Little Salvages | ||||
| Long Beach Rock | ||||
| Long Island | ||||
| Lovell's Island | ||||
| Marblehead Rock | ||||
| Martha's Vineyard | ||||
| Middle Brewster Island | ||||
| Middle Ground | ||||
| Milk Island | ||||
| Monomoy Island | ||||
| Monohamsett Island | ||||
| Moon Island | ||||
| Morris Island | ||||
| Mount Zion Island | ||||
| Muskeget Island | ||||
| Nantucket | ||||
| Nashawena Island | ||||
| Naushon Island | ||||
| Newton Island | ||||
| Nixes Mate | ||||
| Nomans Land | ||||
| Nonamesset Island | ||||
| North Monomoy Island | ||||
| Nut Island | ||||
| Onset Island | ||||
| Osterville Grand Island | ||||
| Outer Brewster Island | ||||
| Palmers Island | ||||
| Park Island | ||||
| Parker Hill Island | ||||
| Pasque Island | ||||
| Peddocks Island | ||||
| Penikese Island | ||||
| Pierce Island | ||||
| Pine Island | ||||
| Plum Island | ||||
| Popes Island | ||||
| Popponesset Island | ||||
| Prince Head | ||||
| Raccoon Island | ||||
| Ragged Island | ||||
| Rainsford Island | ||||
| Ram Island | ||||
| Roger Island | ||||
| Round Island | ||||
| Sampsons Island | ||||
| Sanford Flat | ||||
| Sarah Island | ||||
| Sea Ledge | ||||
| Seal Island | ||||
| Shag Rocks | ||||
| Sheep Island | ||||
| Sipson Island | ||||
| Sipson Meadow | ||||
| Slate Island | ||||
| Snake Island | ||||
| South Monomoy Island | ||||
| Southworth Island | ||||
| Spectacle Island | ||||
| Spinnaker Island | ||||
| Stall Hill Island | ||||
| Stevens Island | ||||
| Straitsmouth Island | ||||
| Strong Island | ||||
| Tenpound Island | ||||
| Tern Island | ||||
| Thacher Island | ||||
| The Graves | ||||
| Thompson Island | ||||
| Tilden Island | ||||
| Tinkers Island | ||||
| Tobys Island | ||||
| Tuckernuck Island | ||||
| Uncatena Island | ||||
| Veckatimest Island | ||||
| Walker Hill Island | ||||
| Washburn Island | ||||
| Weepecket Islands | ||||
| West Island | ||||
| Whites Flat | ||||
| Wickets Island | ||||
| Woodbridge Island |
