<b>Cape Cod</b> (or simply <b>The Cape</b>) is an arm-shaped <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peninsula" class="extiw" title="en:peninsula">peninsula</a> forming the Easternmost portion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Massachusetts">Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a>, USA, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a>. It is coextensive with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstable_County,_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Barnstable County, Massachusetts">Barnstable County</a>.  Although Cape Cod was originally connected to the mainland, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Canal" class="extiw" title="en:Cape Cod Canal">Cape Cod Canal</a>, completed in 1914, effectively transformed Cape Cod into a large island.
Data: NASA.  Image: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Davepape" title="User:Davepape">Dave Pape</a>
Data acquisition: 1999-09-18.  Orthorectified version produced:  2002-12-29.  Image created: 2007-02-06.
Data from USGS GloVis server <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://glovis.usgs.gov/">http://glovis.usgs.gov/</a>.  Landsat Orthorectified data generated through NASA's Commercial Remote Sensing Program.<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>