West Hogshead Rock – Island in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 613777

Location

State Massachusetts

County Plymouth

Feature Class Island

Coordinates

DMS

42°16'03"N 70°46'17"W

Decimal Degrees

42.2676007, -70.7714317

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Nantasket Beach

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Minot

1.9 mi SSE

Hydrography

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Description

In Massachusetts Bay 2.8 mi NE of Cohasset; Town of Scituate.

Nearby Features

Hogshead Rock Island · 0.1 mi NE
The Gangway Channel · 0.2 mi WNW
East Hogshead Rock Island · 0.2 mi E
Cohasset Rocks Bar · 0.3 mi ESE
East Shag Rock Island · 0.4 mi SE
West Shag Rock Island · 0.4 mi SW
Enos Ledge Bar · 0.5 mi ESE
The Grampuses Bar · 0.5 mi WSW
Inner Minot Bar · 0.6 mi E
Eastern Channel Gut · 0.6 mi SE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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