Wauwinet is a

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Nantucket Nantucket () is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck and Muskeget Island, Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and Co ...

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, United States. Its elevation is 3 feet (1 m). Named for an old local

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chief, it lies on the northeastern coast of Nantucket Island, 4.7 miles (7.5 km) north-northwest of

Siasconset Siasconset is a census-designated place (CDP) at the eastern end of Nantucket, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States with an elevation of 52 feet (16 m), and a population of 205 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. A ...

. There is an upscale hotel and restaurant just north of the Gatehouse that features both harbor and oceanfront beach activities. Beyond Wauwinet is access by Four Wheel Drive only to Great Point lighthouse and Coatue.

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