Cape Ann | |
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Region of Massachusetts | |
Etymology: Anne of Denmark | |
Coordinates: 42°38′58.3″N 70°35′35.5″W / 42.649528°N 70.593194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts, United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 miles northeast of Boston. It is the northern limit of Massachusetts Bay.
Cape Ann includes the city of Gloucester and the towns of Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport.
It was named after Anne of Denmark.[1][2]