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1899 Map of Muskeget

Name: 1899 Topographic Map of Muskeget
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1899
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1899

About this map

Muskeget Id. and Tuckernuck Id. anchor this maritime survey of the shoals and channels between Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Id. at the end of the nineteenth century. The chart focuses on the shifting sands of the sound, identifying the isolated L.S.S. (Life-Saving Station) on Muskeget and the solitary Cross Rip Shoal Light Ship stationed in the open waters of Nantucket Sound.

On the western tip of Nantucket, the settlement at Maddaket is visible alongside numerous coastal features like Eel Point and Smith Pt.. The interior of Tuckernuck is surprisingly detailed, showing North Pond, East Pond, and the surrounding marshy terrain. This map serves as a primary record of the coastal geomorphology before modern shoreline changes, documenting the exact positions of the Gravel Islands and the treacherous Muskeget Channel dividing Dukes Co. and Nantucket Co.