Massachusetts Gazetteer
Pea Island is a physical feature (island) in Essex County. The primary coordinates for Pea Island places it within the MA 01908 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Pea Island |
| Category: | Massachusetts physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | In Broad Sound 0.6 mi SSE of Nahant; Town of Nahant. |
| History: | Apparently named for the beachpea (Lathyrus maritimus) which grows on it (Nason 1878). |
| County: | Essex County |
| Latitude: | 42.4153751 |
| Longitude: | -70.9092145 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pea Island: Pea Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Pea Island does not include property ownership information.
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Nahant, MA
(< 0.1 mile) Swampscott, MA (3.9 miles N) Winthrop Town city, MA (3.9 miles SW) Lynn, MA (4.1 miles NNW) Revere, MA (5.3 miles W) |
Saugus, MA
(6.1 miles WNW) Marblehead, MA (6.4 miles NNE) Chelsea, MA (6.6 miles WSW) Salem, MA (7.2 miles N) Everett, MA (7.4 miles W) |
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Little Nahant, MA
(1.9 miles NW) Phillips Point, MA (3.4 miles NNE) Point of Pines, MA (3.4 miles WNW) Winthrop Highlands, MA (3.6 miles WSW) East Lynn, MA (3.9 miles NNW) |
Beachmont, MA
(4.1 miles WSW) Oak Island, MA (4.1 miles W) Winthrop Beach, MA (4.1 miles SW) Crescent Beach, MA (4.3 miles W) Beach Bluff, MA (4.5 miles NNE) |
