Puget Sound
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Puget Sound is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Washington. As a part of the Salish Sea, the sound has one m
Satellite view of Puget Sound and surrounding waterways, taken by Sentinel-2 in September 2018
Snow-capped peaks are a backdrop to many Puget Sound scenes; here Mount Rainier is seen from Gig Harbor.
The Downtown Seattle skyline, seen from a state ferry on Elliott Bay
Low tide on Whidbey Island
Salish Sea
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The Salish Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. It includes the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fu
The Salish Sea, showing the open Pacific Ocean at lower left, and from there, heading inland: the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the narrow Puget Sound at lower right, and the wide Strait of Georgia at upper center. Sediment from the Fraser River shows as a greenish plume in the Strait of Georgia.
Sunlight reflects off the Salish Sea as seen from the International Space Station on April 11, 2020
The Salish Sea with the Olympic Peninsula in the background
Forested islets and skerries of the Southern Gulf Islands