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Nobska Lighthouse in Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass.
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Woods Hole

Massachusetts, United States
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Woods Hole, unincorporated village in Falmouth town (township), Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies at the southwestern end of Cape Cod. Woods Hole is the cape’s principal port and a point of departure for the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Within the village are the renowned Marine Biological Laboratory (1888) and its offshoot, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1930). Also in Woods Hole are the National Marine Fisheries Service (which includes an aquarium)...

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