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Cape Ann

Coulman Island
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About Cape Ann

Coulman Island is an island 18 nautical miles long and 8 nautical miles wide, lying 9 nautical miles southeast of Cape Jones, Victoria Land, Antarctica, in the western Ross Sea. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for his father-in-law, Thomas Coulman.

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There was an earthquake at Cape Ann, which is off the coast of Massachusetts, and it was soon after the lightning rod was invented. The pastor who was there was called Reverend Thomas Prince, and he said, the earthquake happened because everyone's been putting up lightning rods.

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Coordinates: -73.4833, 169.7500

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