Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Cape Ann.

Examples

  • So for my personal journey, I traveled to an unlikely place: Gloucester, MA, a quaint fishing town on Cape Ann in Essex Count, MA where films like The Perfect Storm, Mermaids and Grown Ups were once shot.

    Ysolt Usigan: My Eat Pray Love Adventure in Gloucester, MA... Really! Ysolt Usigan 2010

  • So for my personal journey, I traveled to an unlikely place: Gloucester, MA, a quaint fishing town on Cape Ann in Essex Count, MA where films like The Perfect Storm, Mermaids and Grown Ups were once shot.

    Ysolt Usigan: My Eat Pray Love Adventure in Gloucester, MA... Really! 2010

  • So for my personal journey, I traveled to an unlikely place: Gloucester, MA, a quaint fishing town on Cape Ann in Essex Count, MA where films like The Perfect Storm, Mermaids and Grown Ups were once shot.

    Ysolt Usigan: My Eat Pray Love Adventure in Gloucester, MA... Really! 2010

  • On January 14, 1930, the two met off of Cape Ann and came to an informal understanding that the Norwegians would continue to operatewest of approximately 45oE, along the coast of what would become known as Queen Maud Land (20oE-45oE), while BANZARE would operate eastof that line alongEnderby Land and theKemp Coast.

    Aerial Exploration of the Antarctic 2009

  • The region was named Enderby Land and various mountains and points were named, including Cape Ann (66°10'S 51°22'E).

    Biscoe, John 2009

  • British sealer John Biscoe complete third circumnavigation of globe at high southern latitudes, dicovering Enderby Land (charting 47°20'E to Cape Ann at 51°37'E in February 1831) and exploring western coast of Antarctic Peninsula (February 1832).

    Chronology of Antarctic Exploration 2009

  • British sealer Peter Kemp sights land (58°E) east of Cape Ann now known as Kemp Coast.

    Chronology of Antarctic Exploration 2009

  • January 14, Mawson and Risser-Larsenmet off of Cape Ann (51oE) - 45oE becomes demarcation between British/Australian/New Zealand area (45oE - 160oE) and Norwegian area (10oE-45oE).

    Chronology of Antarctic Exploration 2009

  • He observed that Indians south of Cape Ann used pirogues made from solid tree trunks by “burning and scraping with stones, which they use in place of knives.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He took a piece of charcoal and drew a sketch of the Long Bay and Cape Ann.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.