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    Decatur Island

    48°31′N 122°49′W

    Decatur Island is one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, USA. Located just east of Lopez Island across Lopez Sound and just south of Blakely Island across Thatcher Pass, it is 3.524 square miles (9.127 km²) in area, and was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for naval officer Stephen Decatur.

    Compound on north side of Decatur Island, Washington, U.S.
    Compound on north side of Decatur Island, Washington, U.S.

    Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    48°31′N 122°49′W

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    Overview

    Decatur Island is one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, USA. Located just east of Lopez Island across Lopez Sound and just south of Blakely Island across Thatcher Pass, it is 3.524 square miles (9.127 km²) in area, and was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for naval officer Stephen Decatur.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in San Juan Islands

    Also in Cone Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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