Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 942
Land area (2000): 2.161469 sq. miles (5.598179 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.717031 sq. miles (4.447090 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.878500 sq. miles (10.045269 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81245
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 41.526730 N, 70.663184 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02543
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Woods Hole
Wikipedia
Woods Hole is a strait in Massachusetts separating the Elizabeth Islands from the town of Woods Hole on the mainland of Cape Cod. It is one of four straits allowing maritime passage between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. The others are Canapitsit Channel, Robinson's Hole and Quick's Hole. Woods Hole is often referred to as Woods Hole Passage to distinguish it from the village of Woods Hole, which is itself named after the passage.
Woods Hole is a naturally occurring, rocky, and treacherous passage, with shallow rocky areas scattered along both sides of the channel. The current is often strong running between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, mostly flowing at around 4 knots and occasionally as fast as 7 knots. The eastern (Vineyard Sound) side of the channel also splits into a southern branch, known as Broadway, which flows closer to Nonamesset Island.
Usage examples of "woods hole".
In reality it was a habit he picked up at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where many scientists wore them.
WITH HIS TALL gangling physique and questing intelligence, Yuri Orlov reminded Paul Trout of himself as a kid hanging around the ocean scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
His an- cestral path had diverged when, as a youngster, he hung around the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
After I saw what was left of Miss Watkins, I called a young guy I know up at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
A colorful spread published by the Oceanographic Institute at Woods Hole, the map showed the oceans of the world complete with bottom contours and the locations of ancient wrecksas out of date now as last year's almanac.
In a single one-hour trawl along the continental shelf, at a depth of just under a mile, Woods Hole oceanographers Howard Sandler and Robert Hessler netted over 25,000 creatures—.