where is nantucket island
Nantucket, Massachusetts. Nantucket /ËnÃ¦nËtÊkáµ»t/ is an island about 30 miles (50 km) by ferry south from Cape Cod, in the American state of Massachusetts. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town of Nantucket, and the conterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated.