Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.

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Census-designated place - Falmouth - Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Cape Cod - Martha's Vineyard - Elizabeth Islands

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It is the site of several famous marine science institutions, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Woods Hole Research Center, a NOAA fisheries center, a USGS coastal and marine geology center, and the home campus of the Sea Education Association. It is also the site of a United States Coast Guard station (the USCG Group Woods Hole), the Nobska Light lighthouse, and the terminus of the Steamship Authority ferry route between the cape and Martha's Vineyard.

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Marine science - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Marine Biological Laboratory - Woods Hole Research Center - NOAA - USGS - United States Coast Guard - Nobska Light - Ferry

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The Knob is a local landmark, a rocky outcropping that overlooks Buzzards Bay and Quisset Harbor, part of a privately owned bird sanctuary.

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