Shaw Island

Shaw Island 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.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: island of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, United States
  • Also known as: Shaw Island, WA” and “Shaw Island, Washington

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blind Island Marine State Park.

Nature reserve
is a public recreation area consisting of the entirety of Blind Island, an of less than 3 acres at the entrance to Shaw Island's in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orcas Village.

is on the southern tip of in the 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.

Shaw Island

Latitude
48.5733° or 48° 34′ 24″ north
Longitude
-122.961° or 122° 57′ 40″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Open location code
84WVH2FQ+8J
Geo­Names ID
11282299
Wiki­data ID
Q3476289
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Satellite Map

Discover Shaw Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Shaw Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: illa Shaw
  • Cebuano: Shaw Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, Washington)
  • Cebuano: Shaw Island
  • Chinese: 蕭島
  • Dutch: Shaw Island
  • Esperanto: Shaw Island
  • French: Shaw Island
  • Hungarian: Shaw-sziget
  • Irish: Shaw Island
  • Japanese: シャウ島
  • Persian: شاو، آیلند
  • Persian: شاو
  • Russian: Шо
  • Russian: Шоу
  • Slovenian: Shaw Island
  • Spanish: Isla Shaw
  • Volapük: Shaw Island
  • Welsh: Shaw Island, Washington

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shaw Island”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.