Orcas Island
Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands, off the northern coast of Washington State, at about 57 sq mi. About 5,000 call this horseshoe-shaped island home, though many more visit by ferry to enjoy the harbors, resorts, parks, galleries and other natural beauty the island is immersed in.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Eastsound and Orcas Village.
Orcas Village
Orcas Village is on the southern tip of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Westsound Seaplane Base and Skull Island.
Westsound Seaplane Base
Aerodrome
Westsound Seaplane Base is a seaplane base located…
Skull Island
Islet
Skull Island is the name of two small islands in the…
Orcas Island
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 325 feet (99 metres)
- Description: largest of the San Juan Islands of the northwestern corner of Washington State, USA
- Also known as“Hulls Island”“Orcasitas”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
48.6543° or 48° 39′ 15″ north
Longitude
-122.9382° or 122° 56′ 18″ west
Open location code
84WVM336+PP
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Volapük—“Orcas Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “illa d’Orcas”
- Cebuano: “Orcas Island”
- Chinese: “奥卡斯岛”
- Chinese: “奧卡斯島”
- Chinese: “奧爾克斯島”
- Dutch: “Orcas Island”
- French: “Orcas Island”
- French: “Orcas”
- German: “Orcas Island”
- Hungarian: “Orcas-sziget”
- Italian: “Orcas Island”
- Japanese: “オーカス島”
- Persian: “جزیره اورکاس”
- Polish: “Orcas”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Orcas”
- Russian: “Оркас”
- Serbian: “Orcas Island”
- Slovenian: “Orcas Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Orcas”
- Spanish: “Island of whales”
- Spanish: “Orcas Island”
- Swedish: “Orcas Island”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Orcas”
- Volapük: “Orcas Island”
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