| Cape Cod encompasses a square area of 1,033 | | | | and a connective railroad bridge also exists.Since |
| kilometers. It is a peninsula in the northeastern | | | | then, Cape Cod can be termed an island, with the |
| U.S., situated in the eastern part of | | | | part called Upper Cape in closest proximity to |
| Massachusetts. Its connection to the mainland | | | | mainland Massachusetts. It encompasses the |
| was, for all practical purposes, effectively severed | | | | towns of Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee, and |
| in 1914, by the Cape Cod Canal. In 1930, the | | | | Bourne. |
| Bourne and Sagamore Bridges were constructed, | | | | |