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Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] This island is the caldera of an active volcano , which seriously damaged local scientific stations in 1967 and 1969.
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 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.
Whidbey Island, Washington. ... or take a cruise with Deception Pass Tours, for a shot to spy gray, ... but this 140-miles-long island off the coast of Ketchikan is a wildlife utopia with bald ...
There are county, state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of Washington. The state marine reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ; [ 1 ] aquatic reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources , [ 2 ] and marine state parks are managed by Washington State Parks .
Samish Island, Washington; Sinclair Island (Washington) Smith Island (Washington) Squaxin Island; Strawberry Island (Deception Pass, Washington) Strawberry Island (Rosario Strait, Washington) Stretch Island
Entire island preserved as part of San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Fox Island: Pierce 5.2 4,113 3,625 488 Freeman Island: San Juan 0 0 0 Entire island preserved as part of San Juan Islands National Monument. Frost Island: San Juan 0.1 3 3 0 Gedney Island Snohomish 84 41 43 Goat Island Skagit 0 0 0 Goose Island: San Juan 0.006 0 0 0 ...
The city grew following the completion of Deception Pass Bridge on July 31, 1935, and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on September 21, 1942. [9] The bridge, which linked Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island and the mainland, was a Public Works Administration project built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.