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Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
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Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound and is consideredRhode Island's greatest natural resource.. The bay has 250 mile of coastline and 15 islands, the three largest ones are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island.
For more than 50 years, 12-meter yachts competed on the bay for sailing's prestigious America's Cup, earning host city Newport the nickname "Sailing Capital of the World."
This bay is mostly within the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, but small parts of it extend into Massachusetts. Bodies of water that are part of Narragansett Bay include the Sakonnet River; Mount Hope Bay; and the southern, tidal part of the Taunton River.
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