List of Islands and Peninsulas
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is made up of a series of discrete islands and other places on and around Boston Harbor. These include:
- Bumpkin Island (Hingham)
- Button Island (Hingham)
- Calf Island (Boston)
- Deer Island (Winthrop)
- Gallops Island (Boston)
- Georges Island (Boston)
- Grape Island (Weymouth)
- Great Brewster Island (Boston)
- Green Island (Boston)
- Hangman Island (Quincy)
- Langlee Island (Hingham)
- Little Brewster Island (Boston)
- Little Calf Island (Boston)
- Long Island (Boston)
- Lovells Island (Boston)
- Middle Brewster Island (Boston)
- Moon Island (Quincy)
- Nixes Mate (Boston)
- Nut Island (Quincy)
- Outer Brewster Island (Boston)
- Peddocks Island (Hull)
- Raccoon Island (Quincy)
- Ragged Island (Hingham)
- Rainsford Island (Boston)
- Sarah Island (Hingham)
- Shag Rocks (Boston)
- Sheep Island (Weymouth)
- Slate Island (Weymouth)
- Snake Island (Winthrop)
- Spectacle Island (Boston)
- The Graves (Boston)
- Thompson Island (Boston)
- Webb Memorial Park (Weymouth)
- World's End (Hingham)
Two islands (Castle Island and Spinnaker Island) in Boston Harbor are not part of the National Recreation Area, and other former islands (e.g. Apple Island, Governors Island and Noddle's Island) were obliterated by the formation of East Boston and the expansion of Logan International Airport before the area was designated.
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