Patos Island
Patos Island is the northernmost island of the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. Since 1893, the small island has been home to the Patos Island Lighthouse, guiding vessels through Boundary Pass between Canada's Gulf Islands and the United States.
Photo: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited and northernmost island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States
- Also known as: “Gourd Island” and “Klu-whit-eton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alden Point Lighthouse.
Alden Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Patos Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Strait of Georgia at Alden Point on the western tip of Patos Island in the San Juan Islands, San Juan County, Washington, in the United States.
Patos Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: San Juan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.78522° or 48° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
-122.95619° or 122° 57′ 22″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
84WVQ2PV+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Patos Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Patos Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Patos Island”
- Dutch: “Patos Island”
- Italian: “Patos Island”
- Italian: “Patos”
- Spanish: “Isla de Patos”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Patos”
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