Nantucket USA – Discover America's whaling island
The island of Nantucket USA is a sand island about 48 km south of Cape Cod. Nantucket Island USA belongs to the US state of Massachusetts. The island has a length of a good 22 km and a width of almost 6 km. Herman Melville described them in his novel "Moby Dick" as "hillocks and elbows of sand".