Gibbet Hill (Massachusetts)

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Coordinates: 42°36′36″N 71°33′33″W / 42.61000°N 71.55917°W / 42.61000; -71.55917
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Gibbet Hill

Gibbet Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.[1] The elevation is 469 feet (143 m).[1]

According to tradition, the name recalls an incident when an Indian was gibbeted upon the summit.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gibbet Hill
  2. ^ Green, Samuel Abbott (1912). The Natural History and the Topography of Groton, Massachusetts: Together with Other Matter Relating to the History of the Town. p. 54.

42°36′36″N 71°33′33″W / 42.61000°N 71.55917°W / 42.61000; -71.55917


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