Skull Island
Skull Island is the name of two small islands in the San Juan Archipelago in the U.S. state of Washington. The northernmost Skull Island is located off the coast of Orcas Island in Massacre Bay, the most northern extension of the island's West Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westsound Seaplane Base and Victim Island.
Westsound Seaplane Base
Aerodrome
Westsound Seaplane Base is a seaplane base located adjacent to West Sound on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the Westsound Marina.
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. Victim Island is situated 2 miles south of Skull Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orcas Village and Waldron Island.
Orcas Village
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Waldron Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waldron Island is in San Juan Islands of Washington State. It is off the beaten path, even by San Juan Island standards. Although the dock and roads are public, islanders do not generally greet tourists with open arms and there are no facilities on the island.
Shaw Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Skull Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: San Juan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
48.63912° or 48° 38′ 21″ northLongitude
-122.98615° or 122° 59′ 10″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
84WVJ2Q7+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 15548013OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5810710Wikidata ID
Q12269730
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Skull Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skull Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Washington, San Juan County, lat 48,64, long -122,99)”
- Cebuano: “Skull Island”
- Dutch: “Skull Island”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Skul (Washington)”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Skull”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skull Island”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.