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Hingham Bay
Hingham Bay is the easternmost of the three small bays of outer Boston Harbor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nps.gov/boha/naturescience/oceans.htm )〕 part of Massachusetts Bay and forming the western shoreline of the town of Hull and the northern shoreline of Hingham in the United States state of Massachusetts. It lies east of Quincy Bay and is met at the southwest by the mouth of Weymouth Fore River, also forming part of the waterfront of Weymouth.〔 The bay is home to several of the Boston Harbor Islands.〔
==Description==
The bay is roughly wide east to west and long south to north.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/13270.shtml )〕 It is nearly enclosed on all sides, surrounded by peninsulas, former islands joined to the mainland, and Peddocks Island. There are two passages to Nantasket Roads and the Atlantic Ocean, one a opening at Hull Gut between Peddocks Island and Windmill Point in the northwest and a passage at West Gut between the island and Hough's Neck at Nut Island, part of the city of Quincy. Along the western portion of Hingham Bay a wide, deep channel allows oceangoing ships access from Hull Gut to Weymouth Fore River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/water/topic.asp?mytopic=navweymouthfore )〕 To the north and east the bay is bordered by the town of Hull, where the contiguous water reaching the Hull shore is also known as Hull Bay. On the south, moving west, Hingham Bay is fed by three estuaries: Weir River between Hull and Hingham, Weymouth Back River between Hingham and Weymouth, and Weymouth Fore River between Weymouth and Quincy.〔
Bumpkin Island () in Hingham and Grape Island () in Weymouth, along with the smaller Slate Island and Sheep Island, are part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Spinnaker Island in the north is attached to Hull by a low bridge. Other islands under in size that are associated with the bay include Button, Langlee, Ragged and Sarah Islands, all in Hingham Harbor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nps.gov/boha/historyculture/facts-intro.htm )〕 The southeast part of the bay is separated from Weir River estuary by World's End, a peninsular park owned by The Trustees of Reservations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/greater-boston/worlds-end.html )〕
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