Cape Cod

Cape Cod

Cape Cod (spr. Kehp Kohd), 14 Meilen lange Halbinsel der Grafschaft Barnstable im Staate Massachusetts (Vereinigte Staaten von NAmerika), die Cape Codbai bildend, an der Nordspitze ein 200 Fuß hoher Leuchtthurm.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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