Admiralty Inlet From Whidbey Island

Admiralty Inlet is a strait in the U.S. state of Washington connecting the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Strait of Juan de Fuca (also called Juan de Fuca Strait) is a large body of water about long forming the principal outlet for the Georgia Strait and Puget Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula. Whidbey Island (historical spelling Whidby) is one of nine Islands located in Island County, Washington, in the United States Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault

Admiralty Inlet is generally considered to be the northern part of Puget Sound's Main Basin. Its northern boundary is defined as a line running between Point Wilson and Point Partridge, and it extends south to the southern end of Whidbey Island and Point No Point on the Kitsap Peninsula, where is joins the Central Basin of Puget Sound's Main Basin. The Point Wilson Light was built in 1913 by the United States Lighthouse Service. Point Partridge is the most westerly point of Whidbey Island, the largest Island in Puget Sound. Point No Point is an outcropping of land on the northeast point of the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington, the United States. Admiralty Inlet's area is 437 square kilometres (169 sq mi), with a volume of 15,200 cubic metres (540,000 cu ft). Its shoreline is 171 kilometres (106 mi) in length. Its mean depth is 35 metres (110 ft). ^[1]

Though only 6 kilometres (3. 7 mi) wide at the narrowest point (between the Point Wilson and Admiralty Head lighthouses), it is through this passage that nearly all the seawater flows into and from Puget Sound during daily tidal variations. The Point Wilson Light was built in 1913 by the United States Lighthouse Service. The Admiralty Head Light is located in Fort Casey State Park near Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington. Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood Tidal currents can reach six knots in the area northeast of Point Wilson.

All sea vessels must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave Puget Sound, except those small enough to use Deception Pass. Deception Pass is a Strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U This fact led to the selection of Port Townsend on the Quimper Peninsula as the official port of entry for the Puget Sound region during the early days of commerce in the area. Port Townsend is a city in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. It also led to the federal decision in the late 1890s to construct Fort Worden, Fort Casey, and Fort Flagler around Admiralty Inlet as a "Triangle of Fire" for the protection of Puget Sound from a hostile fleet. Fort Worden is a fort and Fort Worden State Park is a state park that it includes it located along Admiralty Inlet in Jefferson County Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island in Washington state. Fort Flagler State Park is a Washington state park on the site of Fort Flagler, a former United States Army Fort at the northern end of

Admiralty Low Tide

Today a great deal of maritime freight traffic passes through Admiralty Inlet to the major shipping ports at Seattle and Tacoma, and of United States Navy vessels to the Naval facilities in Puget Sound. The Keystone-Port Townsend run of the Washington State Ferries crosses the inlet and serves as a link for State Route 20. Keystone is a small unincorporated community on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, in the northwestern United States Port Townsend is a city in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. This page is about the ferry system operated by the state of Washington State Route 20, also known as SR 20 or North Cascades Highway, is a State Highway (Route in Washington.

The first Europeans to find and map Admiralty Inlet were the Spanish of the 1790 expedition of Manuel Quimper. Manuel Quimper Benítez del Pino (c 1757 – April 1844 was a Peruvian born Spanish Explorer, Cartographer, naval officer and colonial official It was Quimper's pilot, Juan Carrasco, who sighted the inlet. Juan Carrasco was a Spanish naval officer Explorer, and Navigator. Thinking it was a bay he named it Ensenada de Caamaño, after the Spanish naval officer Jacinto Caamaño. Jacinto Caamaño Moraleja (1759-1825? was the leader of the last great Hispanic exploration of Alaska. ^[2] Two years later Admiralty Inlet was given its present name by George Vancouver, after his ultimate commanders, the Board of Admiralty. Captain George Vancouver The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. The Spanish name was later given to Camano Island. Camano Island (kəˈmeɪnoʊ is a large Island in Puget Sound, located in Island County Washington, between Whidbey Island and the mainland ^[3]

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