North Triangle Pond
lake of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
North Triangle Pond is a 20-acre (81,000 m2) shallow pond in the West Plymouth section of Plymouth, Massachusetts, east of the Route 80 terminus off Samoset Street (former U.S. Route 44). The average water depth of the pond is less than one meter. The water quality is impaired due to non-native aquatic plants and nuisance exotic species. North Triangle Pond is also home to the endangered Northern red-bellied cooter.
“North Triangle Pond” enters the record as lake of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what North, Triangle and Pond can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7057034. Authority coordinates are 41.950, -70.703. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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