Nantucket Sound

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is 48 km long and 40 km wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Marthas Vineyard on the west. Between Cape Cod and Marthas Vineyard it is connected to the Vineyard Sound. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts.