Question: What group of small islands and tidal ledges situated 6 mi off the east coast of the United States is Smuttynose Island apart of?

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Hatcliffe: Hatcliffe is a small village and civil parish in rural North East Lincolnshire, England.  It is situated 6 mi south-west from Grimsby and 1.5 mi west from the A18.  Less than 1 mi to the north is the neighbouring village of Beelsby.

Ashby Puerorum: Ashby Puerorum is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.  The village situated 6 mi north-west from Partney, 4 mi east from Horncastle, to the north of the A158 road, and to the west of Bag Enderby.  It is in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby.

East Ravendale: East Ravendale is a small village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England.  It is situated 6 mi south-south-west from Grimsby, and 0.5 mi west from the A18.

Smuttynose Island: Smuttynose Island (formerly "Smutty-nose") is one of the Isles of Shoals, located 6 mi off the coast of New Hampshire, but actually in the state of Maine, in the United States.  It is part of the town of Kittery, in York County.  It was named by fishermen, seeing the island at sea level and noticing how the profuse seaweed at one end looked like the "smutty nose" of some vast sea animal.

Carlton Scroop: Carlton Scroop is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.  Thed population of the civil parish (including Normanton) at the 2011 census was 304.  It is situated 6 mi north-east from the market town of Grantham and 4 mi east from the village of Hougham.  The A607 road to Lincoln passes through the centre of the village.

Ottawa Islands: The Ottawa Islands (Inuit: "Arviliit") are a group of uninhabited islands situated in the eastern edge of Canada's Hudson Bay.  The group comprises 24 small islands, located at approximately 60N 80W.  The main islands include Booth Island, Bronson Island, Eddy Island, Gilmour Island, J. Gordon Island, Pattee Island, and Perley Island.  The highest point is on Gilmour Island, which rises to over 1800 ft .  Located a short distance off the northwest coast of Quebec's Ungava Peninsula, they, like the other coastal islands in Hudson Bay, were historically part of the Northwest Territories, and became part of the territory of Nunavut upon its creation in 1999.

Gayton le Marsh: Gayton le Marsh is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England It is situated 6 mi south-east from the town of Louth and about 6 mi north from Alford.  The population of the civil parish was 155 at the 2011 census.

Isles of Shoals: The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 6 mi off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states of Maine and New Hampshire.

Carey Group: The Carey Group is a group of small islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located between Crease Island (N/NW) and Harbledown Island (S/SE).  The group includes Ralph, Alder and Larsen Islands and three small islands to the north of Larsen Island, including Madrona Island.

Seaham: Seaham, formerly Seaham Harbour, is a small town in County Durham, situated 6 mi south of Sunderland and 13 mi east of Durham.

Supporting paragraphs: Smuttynose Island Isles of Shoals
Answer: Isles of Shoals