Nantucket Sound

Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is 30 miles (48 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, it is connected to the Vineyard Sound. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Nantucket Sound possesses significant marine habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically important species. "The Sound" has particular significance for several federally protected species of wildlife and a variety of commercially and recreationally valuable fisheries.

The Sound is located at a confluence of the cold Labrador Currents and the warm Gulf Stream. This creates a unique coastal habitat representing the southern range for Northern Atlantic species and the northern range for Mid-Atlantic species. Nantucket Sound has a lot of biological diversity and contains habitats that range from open sea to salt marshes, as well as warm-water beaches on the Cape and Islands coasts.

Open Water Swimming

• Paul Asmuth crossed the Nantucket Sound in 1982 in 12 hours 1 minutes
• Grant Wentworth swam 24 miles (39 km) across the Nantucket Sound in 12 hours 54 seconds on behalf of Swim Across America

External links

• Doug McConnell's Long Swim Amid Half A Million
• Grant Wentworth Generates US$11,667 Per Hour
• Crossing The Nantucket Sound, Modern-day Style
• Grant Wentworth solo swim under MSF rules