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Woods Hole is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County , Massachusetts , United States . It lies at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod , near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands . The population was 781 at the 2010 census .
It is the site of several famous marine science institutions, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , the Marine Biological Laboratory , the Woods Hole Research Center , NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (which started the Woods Hole scientific community in 1871), a USGS coastal and marine geology center, and the home campus of the Sea Education Association . It is also the site of United States Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England (formerly USCG Group Woods Hole), the Nobska Light l
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ( WHOI , acronym pronounced / ˈ h uː i / HOO -ee ) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. Established in 1930, it is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the U.S., with staff and students numbering about 1,000. The Institution is organized into six departments, four ocean institutes—ocean life, coastal oc