Crane Island
Crane Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It lies just off the southwestern shore of Orcas Island, between it and the northwest corner of Shaw Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wasp Islands and Victim Island.
Wasp Islands
Island
The Wasp Islands are a group of small islands in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. The name was given by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, in honor of the sloop Wasp, a sloop of war commanded by Johnathan Blakeley during the War of 1812.
Victim Island
Islet
Victim Island is an island in San Juan County the U.S. state of Washington. The island lies just east of the Canadian maritime border between the City of Bellingham and Vancouver Island It is home to the Victim Island State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaw Island and Orcas Village.
Shaw Island
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Shaw Island is the smallest of the four San Juan Islands 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.
Orcas Village
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Orcas Village is on the southern tip of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. The village is built around the island's only Washington State Ferries dock, making it the primary entrance to the largest of the San Juan Islands, as well as a pleasant place to wait for the outgoing ferry.
Friday Harbor
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Friday Harbor is the main city on San Juan Island, the most populous of the San Juan Islands. It is also the county seat of San Juan County. Friday Harbor is quite commercially developed, considering its remoteness, and offers more of a laid-back, country club vibe than one of a fishing community.
Crane Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: San Juan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Crane Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crane Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Washington)”
- Cebuano: “Crane Island”
- Chinese: “克萊恩島 (華盛頓州)”
- Dutch: “Crane Island”
- French: “Crane Island”
- French: “Île de Crane”
- Hungarian: “Crane-sziget”
- Spanish: “Isla Crane”
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