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Spectacle Island (Massachusetts)
Spectacle Island is a 105-acre island in Boston Harbor,〔http://www.nps.gov/boha/historyculture/facts-spec.htm〕 situated some offshore of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the city of Boston. The island has a varied history, and today is a public park with a marina, visitor center, cafe, lifeguarded swimming beach and five miles of walking trails,〔 forming part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is served throughout the year by ferries from Boston, and on weekends and summer weekdays by a shuttle boat to and from the other surrounding islands.
==Topography==
The island was initially composed of two small drumlins connected by a spit, with an approximate size of . The name is believed to derive from its then-resemblance to a pair of spectacles. However, dumping of trash and dirt, together with subsequent landscaping, have resulted in a significantly larger island with a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further .
The island is now composed of two artificial earth mounds, terraced with retaining walls, roads and newly planted vegetation. With a height above sea level of , Spectacle Island is now one of the highest points on Boston Harbor.〔 The island's inner harbor acreage is 114, with 85.5 upland acres and 28.4 intertidal acres.〔
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