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Deception Pass (Lushootseed: sčudᶻ; [2] Samish: Xwchsónges) [3] is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay , part of Puget Sound , with the Strait of Juan de Fuca .
Deception Station is an Argentine base located at Deception Island. The station was founded on 25 January 1948 and was a year-round station until December 1967, when volcanic eruptions forced the evacuation of the base.
Deception Pass Bridge is the common name for two two-lane bridges on Washington State Route 20 connecting Whidbey Island in Island County, to Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was a Washington State Highways project, and included project elements built by young workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Berte Olson was the first woman to hold a ferry captain's license in Washington state. [4] The Olsons had a ferry built specifically for the route. This was the Deception Pass, 68.8 ft (20.97 m) long by 24 ft (7.32 m) beam, constructed by the Ballard Marine Yard in June, 1924. The fee for car and driver was 50 cents, with 10 cents additional ...
Deception Island map with topography and location of stations and protected zones. The harbour entrance named Neptune's Bellows is at bottom right. The centre of Deception Island is a caldera, formed by a gigantic volcanic eruption and later flooded. This has created the 10 by 7 km (6.2 by 4.3 mi) basin-like harbour of Port Foster.
Cranberry Lake is a lake inside Deception Pass State Park in Island County, Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is often stocked with trout , making it popular among recreational anglers. [ 3 ]
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Pendulum Cove is a cove at the north-east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name of the cove derives from the pendulum and magnetic observations made there by the British expedition under Henry Foster in 1829.