Features Flashcards
Stuart Island:
two prominent hills 640 feet high near the middle
Shaw Island:
village served by the ferry; store, warehouse, and a float landing with berths for about 25 craft.
Spieden Island:
2.5 miles long in an E direction with an extreme width of 0.5 mile. The S side of the island has few trees, but the N face is well wooded
San Juan Island:
13 miles long, rugged, and partly wooded.
Mount Dallas:
highest of several hills on San Juan island, rises abruptly from the middle of the W side to 1,036 feet.
Kellett Bluff:
steep and rocky and prominent from either S or N; marked by a light
Roche Harbor:
The quarry tunnels from the old lime works and the ruins of the old mill are still prominent.
North Bay:
Gravel pits on the NW shore.
Friday Harbor:
town on the W shore of the cove.
University of Washington marine laboratory:
In Friday Harbor across from N end of Brown Island. Concrete buildings are prominent.
Waldron Island:
Irregular in shape and 3 miles long; highest point, 612 feet, is near Point Disney, its S end. Steep and rocky on east - sandy beaches N and W.
Orcas Island:
wooded and mountainous. Turtleback Mountain (Turtle Back Range) and Orcas Knob: conical, and bare on the summit, in the W part of the island, are prominent and easily recognized.
Lopez Island
SSE most
Lopez: small village at the entrance to Fisherman Bay.
Lopez Hill: 488 feet high, is near the S midsection of Lopez island.
Richardson: four fuel tanks are prominent from seaward with wharf in ruins below
Blakely Island:
At N end, bordering on Peavine Pass, is a small-craft basin and channel.
James Island
East of Decatur Hd. Btw the two is a deep but narrow passage.
2 prominent hills
Lummi Island:
wooded and about 8 miles long; the N part is low, but in the S part Lummi Peak attains an elevation of over 1,600 feet
Sinclair Island
wooded and comparatively low in places.
Cypress Island:
1,530 feet high, steep on the lower slopes and gently rounding at the top
Belle Rock Sector Light:
½ NM NE of Bird Rocks, bare at low water and marked by light
Bird Rocks:
consisting of three rocks close together, are near the middle of Rosario Strait, about 2 miles WNW of Burrows Island Light. The southernmost and largest is 37 feet high.
Guemes Island:
Yellow Bluff SW side
Fidalgo Island
Ship Harbor: Ferry terminal
Mt Erie 1270 ft, radio towers
Flounder Bay: a well-sheltered basin; site of a large marina.
Burrows Island Light:
white square tower on a building at the W end of the island; a fog signal is at the station.
Williamson Rocks:
a group of small, grass-covered islets and rocks, are 0.5 mile S of Allan Island and are marked on the S side by a lighted gong buoy.
