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San Juan Islands National Monument

National monument in Washington, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

San Juan Islands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the Salish Sea in the state of Washington. The monument protects archaeological sites of the Coast Salish peoples, lighthouses and relics of early European American settlers in the Pacific Northwest, and biodiversity of the island life in the region. The monument was created from existing federal land by President Barack Obama on March 25, 2013 under the Antiquities Act.[1][2][3]

Coordinates48°31′55″N 123°1′45″W
Area1,000 acres (400 ha)
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San Juan Islands National Monument
San Juan Islands National Monument is located in Washington (state)
San Juan Islands National Monument
Location within Washington (state)
San Juan Islands National Monument is located in the United States
San Juan Islands National Monument
Location within the United States
LocationSan Juan, Whatcom, and Skagit Counties, Washington, USA
Nearest cityFriday Harbor, WA
Coordinates48°31′55″N 123°1′45″W
Area1,000 acres (400 ha)
CreatedMarch 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)
Governing bodyBureau of Land Management
WebsiteSan Juan Islands National Monument
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Geography

The national monument consists of approximately 75 separate sites totaling roughly 1,000 acres (4 km2) in area. They are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.[4][unreliable source?]

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Name Major island vicinity County Location/GPS Coordinates Notes
Leo Reef Lopez Island San Juan 48°33.19′N 122°51.25′W
Fauntleroy Rock Decatur Island San Juan 48°31′04″N 122°47′44″W
Dot Rock Decatur Island San Juan 48°29.66′N 122°47.73′W
Reeds Bay Island Decatur Island San Juan 48°29′03″N 122°49′20″W
Cape St. Mary Lopez Island San Juan 48.446967°N 122.80026°W / 48.446967; -122.80026 (Cape St. Mary)
Chadwick Hill Lopez Island San Juan 48.435864°N 122.810369°W / 48.435864; -122.810369 (Chadwick Hill)
Watmough Bay Lopez Island San Juan 48.42653°N 122.81436°W / 48.42653; -122.81436 (Watmough Bay)
Point Colville Lopez Island San Juan 48.421967°N 122.813888°W / 48.421967; -122.813888 (Point Colville)
Iceberg Point Lopez Island San Juan 48.421227°N 122.88929°W / 48.421227; -122.88929 (Iceberg Point)
Iceberg Point Rocks Lopez Island San Juan 48°25′28.751″N 122°53′12.45″W
Outer Bay Rocks Lopez Island San Juan
48°25′56.46″N 122°53′0.89″W
48°25′51.37″N 122°52′57.69″W
Mackaye Harbor Rocks Lopez Island San Juan 48°26′24.32″N 122°52′41.10″W
Jones Bay Rock Lopez Island San Juan 48.445629°N 122.891833°W / 48.445629; -122.891833 (Jones Bay Rock)
Richardson Island Lopez Island San Juan 48°26′50.16″N 122°54′12.14″W
Richardson Rocks Lopez Island San Juan
48°26′42.01″N 122°54′25.66″W
48°26′41.32″N 122°54′22.55″W
48°26′50.16″N 122°54′12.14″W
48°26′42.01″N 122°54′25.66″W
48°26′41.32″N 122°54′22.55″W
Davis Bay Island Lopez Island San Juan 48°27′30.50″N 122°55′48.35″W
Davis Bay Rocks Lopez Island San Juan 48°27′18.75″N 122°56′5.74″W
Danger Rocks San Juan Island San Juan
48°31′15.59″N 122°58′16.86″W
48°31′14.09″N 122°58′15.78″W
Pear Point Rocks San Juan Island San Juan
48°31′5.14″N 122°58′45.18″W
48°31′4.22″N 122°58′40.66″W
48°31′4.88″N 122°58′38.79″W
Dinner Island Rocks San Juan Island San Juan 48°30′29″N 123°0′42″W
Cattle Point San Juan Island San Juan 48°27′3.43″N 122°57′48.72″W Includes Cattle Point Light[5]
Unnamed Rocks (Grandmas Cove) San Juan Island San Juan 48°27′30″N 123°01′27″W
Unnamed Rocks (False Bay) San Juan Island San Juan 48°28′53″N 123°04′42″W
Kanaka Bay Islands San Juan Island San Juan
48°28′57.79″N 123°5′6.87″W
48°28′56.41″N 123°5′15.51″W
King Islands San Juan Island San Juan 48°29′23″N 123°06′27″W
Unnamed Rocks off Lime Kiln Point San Juan Island San Juan 48°30′57.47″N 123°9′10.50″W
Turn Point Stuart Island San Juan 48.68877°N 123.23725°W / 48.68877; -123.23725 (Turn Point) Includes Turn Point Light[6]
Prevost Harbor Rock Stuart Island San Juan
48°40′53.34″N 123°11′53.104″W
48°40′48.08″N 123°12′10.64″W
Pudding Island Stuart Island San Juan 48°41′7.49″N 123°11′25.43″W
Satellite Island Rocks Stuart Island San Juan
48°40′39.70″N 123°11′5.706″W
48°40′36.94″N 123°11′12.008″W
48°40′35.458″N 123°11′5.098″W
48°40′38.472″N 123°10′59.289″W
Rock Island and Johns Pass Rocks Stuart Island San Juan
48°40′23.007″N 123°10′5.77″W
48°40′32.09″N 123°10′0.48″W
Unnamed Parcel (Johns Island) Stuart Island San Juan 48°40.0′N 123°8.9′W
Johns Island Rock Stuart Island San Juan 48°39′27.371″N 123°8′14.867″W
Posey Island San Juan Island San Juan 48°37′6.23″N 123°10′4.31″W
Unnamed Island (Westcott Bay) San Juan Island San Juan 48°36′16″N 123°08′46″W
Kellett Bluff Henry Island San Juan 48.58861°N 123.2021°W / 48.58861; -123.2021 (Kellett Bluff)
Mitchell Bay Rocks (AKA Mud Rocks) San Juan Island San Juan
48°34′21.53″N 123°10′12.55″W
48°34′19.57″N 123°10′11.85″W
48°34′20.74″N 123°10′15.01″W
Mud Island San Juan Island San Juan 48°34′19.31″N 123°9′25.69″W
Little Patos Island Patos Island San Juan 48°47′2.88″N 122°58′6.95″W
Patos Island Patos Island San Juan 48°47′1.66″N 122°57′17.67″W Includes Patos Island Light[6]
Shallow Bay Rocks Sucia Island San Juan
48°45′49.42″N 122°55′8.25″W
48°45′48.61″N 122°55′9.34″W
Rolfe Cove Island Matia Island San Juan
48°44′59.43″N 122°50′41.99″W
48°44′57.84″N 122°50′38.18″W
Barnes Rocks Clark Island San Juan
48°42′15.30″N 122°46′30.45″W
48°42′11.45″N 122°46′31.85″W
48°42′11.05″N 122°46′25.34″W
Clark Rocks Clark Island San Juan 48°42′31″N 122°45′58″W
Indian Island Orcas Island San Juan 48°41′32.97″N 122°54′29.49″W
Point Doughty Rock Orcas Island San Juan 48°42′43″N 122°57′02″W
Beach Haven Rocks Orcas Island San Juan
48°41′27.178″N 122°57′42.787″W
48°41′27.174″N 122°57′31.046″W
Freeman Island Orcas Island San Juan 48°41′55.185″N 122°57′3.295″W
Blind Islands Orcas Island San Juan
48°37′44.83″N 122°52′40.52″W
48°37′30.00″N 122°52′36.02″W
Twin Rocks Orcas Island San Juan
48°36′56.45″N 122°52′0.347″W
48°36′55.99″N 122°51′54.23″W
Unnamed Island (Guthrie Cove) Orcas Island San Juan 48°35′38.79″N 122°53′9.28″W
Foster Point Rocks Orcas Island San Juan 48°35′21.67″N 122°53′4.99″W
Elwha Rock Orcas Island San Juan 48°35′36.639″N 122°54′15.16″W
Picnic Point Rocks Shaw Island San Juan 48°33′45.10″N 122°55′19.24″W Does not include privately owned Picnic Point Island
Cotton Point Island Orcas Island San Juan 48°35′37.50″N 122°56′12.74″W One of the smallest BLM holdings in Washington, 0.25 acres (0.10 ha).[7]
Blind Island Shaw Island San Juan 48°35′6.80″N 122°56′13.47″W
Unnamed Island and Rocks (Blind Bay) Shaw Island San Juan 48°34′42.509″N 122°56′30.138″W
Broken Point Island Shaw Island San Juan 48°35′32.71″N 122°58′12.29″W
Oak Island and Rock Orcas Island San Juan
48°36′28.35″N 122°57′16.80″W
48°36′26.84″N 122°57′11.38″W
Trinka Rock Orcas Island San Juan 48°37′42.75″N 122°57′28.56″W
Skull Island Orcas Island San Juan 48°38′21.05″N 122°59′10.34″W
Massacre Bay Rocks Orcas Island San Juan 48°38′2.18″N 122°59′31.93″W
Harbor Rocks Orcas Island San Juan 48°37′48.00″N 122°59′10.34″W
Victim Island Orcas Island San Juan 48°36′49.37″N 122°58′30.96″W
Lovers' Cove Rocks Orcas Island San Juan 48°40′06″N 122°59′23″W
North Pass Rock Orcas Island San Juan 48°36′08″N 123°01′00″W
McConnell Rocks Orcas Island San Juan 48°35′57″N 123°01′32″W
Parks Bay Island Shaw Island San Juan 48°33′58.19″N 122°59′04.79″W
Reservation Bay Rocks - Coffin Rocks Fidalgo Island Skagit 48°24′47″N 122°39′46″W
Reservation Bay Rocks - Urchin Rocks Fidalgo Island Skagit 48°25′01″N 122°39′58″W
Reservation Bay Rocks - Gull Rocks (Bird Rocks) Fidalgo Island Skagit 48°24′53″N 122°39′37″W
Chuckanut Rock Whatcom 48°41′05″N 122°30′03″W
Unnamed Rocks (Carter Point) Lummi Island Whatcom 48°38′23.76″N 122°36′29.07″W
Bakers Reef Lummi Island Whatcom 48°41′01″N 122°40′42″W
Lummi Rocks Lummi Island Whatcom 48°40′15″N 122°40′02″W
Eliza Rocks Eliza Island Whatcom
48°38′57.74″N 122°35′32.32″W
48°38′48.15″N 122°34′42.09″W
48°39′39.36″N 122°35′14.14″W
Tip of Eliza Island Eliza Island Whatcom 48°38′43″N 122°34′56″W Unsurveyed section 5[8]
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