Nantucket / ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t / is an island about 30 miles (50 km) by ferry south from Cape Cod, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government.It is the only such consolidated town-county in Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was …

Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, ICAO: KACK, FAA LID: ACK) is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.It is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles (5 km) southeast of the town center. It is the second-busiest airport in the state, after Logan International Airport, due to intense corporate travel to and …

The Nantucket series (also known as the Nantucket trilogy or the Islander trilogy) is a set of alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling.. The novels focus on the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts which was transported back in time to 1250 BC due to something called "The Event". Shortly thereafter a conflict develops between the democratic Republic of Nantucket …

"There once was a man from Nantucket" is the opening line for many limericks, in which the name of the island of Nantucket creates often ribald rhymes and puns.The protagonist in the obscene versions is typically portrayed as well endowed and hypersexualized. The opening line is so well known that it has been used as a stand-alone joke, implying upcoming obscenities.

Nantucket Nectars is an American beverage company created by Tom First and Tom Scott, which began as a small business selling a variety of items to yachts in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Eventually they began selling juice blends that were originally inspired by a peach nectar Tom First had while on a visit to Spain.Today the brand is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper and offers drinks in …

Nantucket è rinomata come destinazione turistica e luogo di residenza estiva. La popolazione, durante i mesi estivi, aumenta da 10 000 fino a circa 50 000 persone. Sull'isola si trovano alcune delle proprietà di maggior valore dello Stato.

Nantucket es una isla ubicada a unos 50 km al sur de Cape Cod, Massachusetts, en los Estados Unidos.Junto con las islas de Tuckernuck y Muskeget, forman el poblado de Nantucket, Massachusetts y el condado de Nantucket.Una parte del poblado es denominado como Nantucket CDP, (CP: lugar designado por el censo).La región de Surfside en Nantucket es el …

Elin Hilderbrand is an American writer, mostly of romance novels. Her novels are typically set on and around Nantucket Island, where she resides. She was born and raised in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and was previously a teaching/writing fellow at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.. In 2014, the New York Post called …

Immunocompetence is the ability of the body to produce a normal immune response following exposure to an antigen.Immunocompetence is the opposite of immunodeficiency or immuno-incompetent or immuno-compromised. Examples include: a newborn who does not yet have a fully functioning immune system but may have maternally transmitted antibodies – …

Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman Melville. Pequod and her crew, commanded by Captain Ahab, are central to the story, which, after the initial chapters, takes place almost entirely aboard the ship during a three-year whaling expedition in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans.