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Admiralty Inlet Admiralty Inlet seen at low tide from Whidbey Island Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet and Port Townsend Bay. 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. It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula.
Admiralty Inlet is a bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It extends southerly from Lancaster Sound along the western shore of Baffin Island 's Borden Peninsula . [ 3 ] Its only permanent settlement is the hamlet of Arctic Bay , which is located on Uluksan Peninsula , a landform that juts into Admiralty Inlet south of ...
The Point Wilson Light is an active aid to navigation located in Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington. [3] It is one of the most important navigational aids in the state, overlooking the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, the waterway connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.
Qikiqtagafaaluk, formerly Admiralty Island, [2] is an uninhabited, irregularly shaped Arctic island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Victoria Strait , south of Victoria Island 's Collinson Peninsula .
Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve in Island County, Washington is part of the Washington Natural Areas Program. [2] It lies along Admiralty Inlet within Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on land owned by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust with a conservation easement owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Port Townsend Bay, also called Port Townsend, [1] is a marine inlet off Admiralty Inlet at the northeastern extreme of the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It was named Port Townsend by George Vancouver in 1792. The name Port Townsend Bay is sometimes used to distinguish the bay from the city of Port Townsend on its ...
It overlooks Port Townsend Bay and Admiralty Inlet, the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was one of three forts, along with Fort Worden (near Port Townsend) and Fort Casey (on Whidbey Island), that guarded the entrance to Puget Sound.
Port Townsend is located at the northeastern tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and developed beginning about 1850 as a strategically placed well-sheltered deep-harbor port at the junction of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet, which provide access to Puget Sound. It grew as a major customs point, and as a shipment point for ...