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Hokum Rock

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Hokum Rock
Hokum Rock is located in Massachusetts
Hokum Rock
Hokum Rock
Location of Hokum Rock in Massachusetts
Hokum Rock is located in the United States
Hokum Rock
Hokum Rock
Hokum Rock (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation98 ft (30 m)
Coordinates41°43′55″N 70°10′33″W / 41.7320540°N 70.1758529°W / 41.7320540; -70.1758529[1]
Geography
LocationCape Cod, Massachusetts
Topo mapUSGS Dennis

Hokum Rock is a glacial erratic boulder left by the last retreating ice age glacier, the Laurentide ice sheet, 20,000 to 12,000 years ago, when Cape Cod was formed. Hokum Rock is the second largest erratic boulder on the Cape. The largest is Doane Rock at Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham. Hokum Rock is in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is on the southeast shore of Scargo Lake 1 mile (1.6 km) east-southeast of Dennis. Black Ball Hill is located west and Scargo Hill is located northwest of Hokum Rock.

References

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  1. ^ "Hokum Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 20, 2018.