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1951 Map of Tuckernuck Island

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Tuckernuck Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Tuckernuck Island and the isolated Muskeget Island are captured in this mid-century survey, documenting the shifting coastal geography of these outliers in Nantucket Sound. The map illustrates a landscape of coastal ponds and sandy reaches, including North Pond and East Pond on Tuckernuck. The westernmost extension of Nantucket Island is shown at Smith Point, where the shoreline is threaded by Smith Point Road and the small channels of Narrow Cr and Broad Creek.

A notable Tower stands on Muskeget Island, serving as a rare man-made landmark in this maritime environment. The relationship between Tuckernuck Bank and the surrounding waters of Maddeket Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean highlights the dynamic nature of these landforms before decades of modern erosion. This record is particularly valuable for tracing the exact 1951 configuration of Eel Point and the low-lying terrain that characterizes this portion of the archipelago.