Nantucket, an island (15 miles long) off the south-east coast of Massachusetts. On the north shore is Nantucket town (pop. 3727), with a nearly landlocked harbour. It was formerly a great seat of the whale-fishery, but is now mainly noted as a summer-resort.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 384
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