From collection Place
Annisquam, Gloucester, Essex County, MA
On Cape Ann, E shore of Annisquam Harbor, 3 mi NNW of Gloucester C.H.; City of Gloucester. Purported Indian name meaning "rock summit" or "point of rocks" (US-T121), "high rock point" (MGB 1932), or "at the top, or point, of the rock" (Douglas-Lithgow 1909).
Details
69 feet
42.6584280
-70.6772676
U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) at U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) ( https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names : accessed 18 March 2023). Entered placename and selected filters to find domestic name approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
