Massachusetts Bay

The Massachusetts Bay (English Massachusetts Bay) is one of the largest bays in the American Atlantic coast. It forms the 100 km long coast line characteristic of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The bay is bounded on the north by Cape Ann, at the westernmost point are Boston and the harbor of Boston, in the south it goes in Brant rock (district Marshfields ) into the starting small bay of Plymouth and seaward in the Cape Cod Bay. Other towns on the Massachusetts Bay are Nahant, Gloucester and Salem Harbour. Through the Cape Cod Canal is a water link between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay ( German: Buzzards Bay ).

Variously the Cape Cod Bay is regarded as part of the Massachusetts Bay. In this understanding, the term refers to the Massachusetts Bay roughly rectangular sea area between Cape Ann and Cape Cod

The Massachusetts Bay is itself part of a much larger bay - the Gulf of Maine ( engl. Gulf of Maine). This ranges from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia.

One of the two founding colonies of the state of Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Colony ) bears the name of the bay. In 1620 explored for autonomy, striving Puritan pilgrims from the area around Boston this area and eventually took over in 1691 the City of Plymouth.

The economic activities are concentrated in the Boston area. Here dominate the harbor and various industries. Many small and medium-sized cities along the coast live from tourism, fishing and marinas.

Cape Cod is particularly known for its pleasant climate and natural beauties, as well as the protected coastal area since 1961 Cape Cod National Seashore.