page_title: Matinicus Isle, Maine
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Matinicus Isle, Maine / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Tidal pool, Matinicus Island, Maine. Ascophyllum nodosum, some Fucus (left) and crustal red algae (Hildenbrandia)
context_page_description: Matinicus Isle is an island plantation in Knox County, Maine, United States. The island is located within Penobscot Bay about 20 miles east of the mainland coast and is accessible by ferry from Rockland or by air taxi from Knox County Regional Airport. Matinicus is the farthest inhabited land off the east coast into the Atlantic Ocean which is part of the United States.The plantation is both a year-round island community and a summer colony. The population was 74 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Matinicus Isle plantation is an archipelago located on the southeastern fringes of Penobscot Bay in the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the plantation has a total area of 9.9 square miles (26 km²), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²) is land and 7.6 square miles (20 km²) is water. Matinicus Island, the largest land mass in the archipelago, spans approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) in length and 1-mile (1.6 km) in width for an area of about 720 acres (290 ha). The elevation ranges from 0 to 100 feet (30.5 m). Matinicus Isle is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Criehaven Isle.
  The shoreline consists of rocky coves and sandy beaches. The island experiences semidiurnal tides with a difference in sea level of up to 10–11 feet (3.0–3.4 m) between high and low tides.
  There are ten major fishing grounds around Matinicus Isle that the island's fishermen use to catch cod, haddock, pollock, cusk, and lobster.
caption: Harbor tidal pool
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