Pacific Northwest
Washington
San Juan

Brown Island

Brown Island is a small, private island in on , , . It lies just offshore to the east-northeast of the town of .
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  • Type: Coastline
  • Description: privately-owned island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States
  • Also known as: “Friday Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Friday Harbor Sea Plane Base and Friday Harbor Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0.
Friday Harbor Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base located adjacent to , on in , , United States. It is owned by the Port of Friday Harbor.

Aerodrome
Photo: Jelson25, Public domain.
is a public use located just southwest of the town center of on in the U.S. state of .

Islet
is a 34-acre island in the in the in the U.S. state of . The island sits in the San Juan Channel about 900 feet off the east coast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friday Harbor and Shaw Island.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main city on , the most populous of the . It is also the county seat of San Juan County. is quite commercially developed, considering its remoteness, and offers more of a laid-back, country club vibe than one of a fishing community.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the smallest of the four served by the Washington State Ferries, at just under 8 sq mi. It has a year-round population about 200 people, though summertime weekends swell with other residents and the occasional tourist.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the third largest of the in Washington State. This relatively flat island features some of the best natural parks and preserves in the San Juan Islands.

Brown Island

Latitude
48.53765° or 48° 32′ 16″ north
Longitude
-123.00357° or 123° 0′ 13″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
84WRGXQW+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16223840
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Geo­Names ID
5788212
Wiki­data ID
Q9009527
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Brown Island” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ব্রাউন দ্বীপ”
  • Cebuano: “Brown Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Washington)”
  • Cebuano: “Brown Island”
  • Dutch: “Brown Island”
  • Hungarian: “Brown-sziget”
  • Spanish: “Isla Brown (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Isla Brown”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Brown (Washington)”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Brown”

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