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Dune on Cape Cod near Provincetown
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Dune on Cape Cod near Provincetown

Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 2.5

Landform

Outer Cape dunes, the Province Lands, and the bluffs at Marconi. A national seashore since 1961.

Field note

The National Park Service administers Cape Cod National Seashore, established in 1961. The Province Lands are the dune field at the cape's end. Marconi Beach sits under a glacial bluff. Heath and salt marsh fill the hollows. This is the Outer Cape, not the harbor towns.

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