Editing Gosnold, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|363.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.2|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|328.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 90.59%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2500726325| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gosnold town, Dukes County, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=October 29, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213120607/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2500726325| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Gosnold ranks 272nd out of the 351 communities in the Commonwealth in terms of land area; however, it has the longest distance between points within municipal limits of any town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It consists of the Elizabeth Islands, including [[Nonamesset Island]], [[Uncatena Island]], [[Naushon Island]], [[Pasque Island]], [[Nashawena Island]], [[Penikese Island]], [[Cuttyhunk Island]], and several smaller islands. The string of islands extend roughly southwest of the southwestern tip of [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]], with the closest island, Nonamesset, being less than one-third of a mile away at its closest point. More than half the population lives on Cuttyhunk, with the majority of the rest living on Naushon.