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Buzzards Bay facts for kids

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Buzzards Bay is a bay next to the southeastern part of the U.S. State of Massachusetts. It is around 28 miles long and eight miles wide.

Buzzards Bay is a popular place for tourism, fishing and boating.

The name was given to this bay by colonists who saw a large bird they called a buzzard near the shores. But it was really an osprey.

Towns on Buzzards Bay were hit hardest by the effects of Hurricane Bob in August 1991.

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  • Long Island from space

    Buzzards Bay and surrounding area from orbit (looking southwest)

  • Buzzards Bay, Mass. (2673776441)

    Birds eye view map, 1909

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bahía de Buzzards para niños

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