San Juan Islands National Monument
San Juan Islands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the Salish Sea in the state of Washington. The monument protects archaeological sites of the Coast Salish peoples, lighthouses and relics of early European American settlers in the Pacific Northwest, and biodiversity of the island life in the region. The monument was created from existing federal land by President Barack Obama on March 25, 2013 under the Antiquities Act.[1][2][3]
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| Location | San Juan, Whatcom, and Skagit Counties, Washington, USA |
| Nearest city | Friday Harbor, WA |
| Coordinates | 48°31′55″N 123°1′45″W |
| Area | 1,000 acres (400 ha) |
| Created | March 25, 2013 |
| Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
| Website | San Juan Islands National Monument |
Geography
The national monument consists of approximately 75 separate sites totaling roughly 1,000 acres (4 km2) in area. They are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.[4]
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| Leo Reef | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°33.19′N 122°51.25′W | ||||||
| Fauntleroy Rock | Decatur Island | San Juan | 48°31′04″N 122°47′44″W | ||||||
| Dot Rock | Decatur Island | San Juan | 48°29.66′N 122°47.73′W | ||||||
| Reads Bay Island | Decatur Island | San Juan | 48°29′03″N 122°49′20″W | ||||||
| Cape St. Mary | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.446967°N 122.80026°W | ||||||
| Chadwick Hill | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.435864°N 122.810369°W | ||||||
| Watmough Bay | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.42653°N 122.81436°W | ||||||
| Point Colville | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.421967°N 122.813888°W | ||||||
| Iceberg Point | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.421227°N 122.88929°W | ||||||
| Iceberg Point Rocks | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°25′28.751″N 122°53′12.45″W | ||||||
| Outer Bay Rocks | Lopez Island | San Juan |
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| Mackaye Harbor Rocks | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°26′24.32″N 122°52′41.10″W | ||||||
| Jones Bay Rock | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48.445629°N 122.891833°W | ||||||
| Richardson Island | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°26′50.16″N 122°54′12.14″W | ||||||
| Richardson Rocks | Lopez Island | San Juan |
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| Davis Bay Island | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°27′30.50″N 122°55′48.35″W | ||||||
| Davis Bay Rocks | Lopez Island | San Juan | 48°27′18.75″N 122°56′5.74″W | ||||||
| Danger Rocks | San Juan Island | San Juan |
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| Pear Point Rocks | San Juan Island | San Juan |
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| Dinner Island Rocks | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°30′29″N 123°0′42″W | ||||||
| Cattle Point | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°27′3.43″N 122°57′48.72″W | Includes Cattle Point Light[5] | |||||
| Unnamed Rocks (Grandmas Cove) | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°27′30″N 123°01′27″W | ||||||
| Unnamed Rocks (False Bay) | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°28′53″N 123°04′42″W | ||||||
| Kanaka Bay Islands | San Juan Island | San Juan |
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| King Islands | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°29′23″N 123°06′27″W | ||||||
| Unnamed Rocks off Lime Kiln Point | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°30′57.47″N 123°9′10.50″W | ||||||
| Turn Point | Stuart Island | San Juan | 48.68877°N 123.23725°W | Includes Turn Point Light[6] | |||||
| Prevost Harbor Rock | Stuart Island | San Juan |
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| Pudding Island | Stuart Island | San Juan | 48°41′7.49″N 123°11′25.43″W | ||||||
| Satellite Island Rocks | Stuart Island | San Juan |
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| Rock Island and Johns Pass Rocks | Stuart Island | San Juan |
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| Unnamed Parcel (Johns Island) | Stuart Island | San Juan | 48°40.0′N 123°8.9′W | ||||||
| Johns Island Rock | Stuart Island | San Juan | 48°39′27.371″N 123°8′14.867″W | ||||||
| Posey Island | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°37′6.23″N 123°10′4.31″W | ||||||
| Unnamed Island (Westcott Bay) | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°36′16″N 123°08′46″W | ||||||
| Kellett Bluff | Henry Island | San Juan | 48.58861°N 123.2021°W | ||||||
| Mitchell Bay Rocks (AKA Mud Rocks) | San Juan Island | San Juan |
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| Mud Island | San Juan Island | San Juan | 48°34′19.31″N 123°9′25.69″W | ||||||
| Little Patos Island | Patos Island | San Juan | 48°47′2.88″N 122°58′6.95″W | ||||||
| Patos Island | Patos Island | San Juan | 48°47′1.66″N 122°57′17.67″W | Includes Patos Island Light[6] | |||||
| Shallow Bay Rocks | Sucia Island | San Juan |
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| Rolfe Cove Island | Matia Island | San Juan |
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| Barnes Rocks | Clark Island | San Juan |
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| Clark Rocks | Clark Island | San Juan | 48°42′31″N 122°45′58″W | ||||||
| Indian Island | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°41′32.97″N 122°54′29.49″W | ||||||
| Point Doughty Rock | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°42′43″N 122°57′02″W | ||||||
| Beach Haven Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan |
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| Freeman Island | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°41′55.185″N 122°57′3.295″W | ||||||
| Blind Islands | Orcas Island | San Juan |
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| Twin Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan |
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| Unnamed Island (Guthrie Cove) | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°35′38.79″N 122°53′9.28″W | ||||||
| Foster Point Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°35′21.67″N 122°53′4.99″W | ||||||
| Elwha Rock | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°35′36.639″N 122°54′15.16″W | ||||||
| Picnic Point Rocks | Shaw Island | San Juan | 48°33′45.10″N 122°55′19.24″W | Does not include privately owned Picnic Point Island | |||||
| Cotton Point Island | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°35′37.50″N 122°56′12.74″W | One of the smallest BLM holdings in Washington, 0.25 acres (0.10 ha).[7] | |||||
| Blind Island | Shaw Island | San Juan | 48°35′6.80″N 122°56′13.47″W | ||||||
| Unnamed Island and Rocks (Blind Bay) | Shaw Island | San Juan | 48°34′42.509″N 122°56′30.138″W | ||||||
| Broken Point Island | Shaw Island | San Juan | 48°35′32.71″N 122°58′12.29″W | ||||||
| Oak Island and Rock | Orcas Island | San Juan |
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| Trinka Rock | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°37′42.75″N 122°57′28.56″W | ||||||
| Skull Island | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°38′21.05″N 122°59′10.34″W | ||||||
| Massacre Bay Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°38′2.18″N 122°59′31.93″W | ||||||
| Harbor Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°37′48.00″N 122°59′10.34″W | ||||||
| Victim Island | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°36′49.37″N 122°58′30.96″W | ||||||
| Lovers' Cove Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°40′06″N 122°59′23″W | ||||||
| North Pass Rock | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°36′08″N 123°01′00″W | ||||||
| McConnell Rocks | Orcas Island | San Juan | 48°35′57″N 123°01′32″W | ||||||
| Parks Bay Island | Shaw Island | San Juan | 48°33′58.19″N 122°59′04.79″W | ||||||
| Reservation Bay Rocks - Coffin Rocks | Fidalgo Island | Skagit | 48°24′47″N 122°39′46″W | ||||||
| Reservation Bay Rocks - Urchin Rocks | Fidalgo Island | Skagit | 48°25′01″N 122°39′58″W | ||||||
| Reservation Bay Rocks - Gull Rocks (Bird Rocks) | Fidalgo Island | Skagit | 48°24′53″N 122°39′37″W | ||||||
| Chuckanut Rock | Whatcom | 48°41′05″N 122°30′03″W | |||||||
| Unnamed Rocks (Carter Point) | Lummi Island | Whatcom | 48°38′23.76″N 122°36′29.07″W | ||||||
| Bakers Reef | Lummi Island | Whatcom | 48°41′01″N 122°40′42″W | ||||||
| Lummi Rocks | Lummi Island | Whatcom | 48°40′15″N 122°40′02″W | ||||||
| Eliza Rocks | Eliza Island | Whatcom |
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| Tip of Eliza Island | Eliza Island | Whatcom | 48°38′43″N 122°34′56″W | Unsurveyed section 5[8] |
References
- Brunner, Jim (March 25, 2013). "Obama creates San Juan Islands National Monument: read the proclamation". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- "Obama makes it legal on San Juan Islands National Monument". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- Richard, Terry (March 25, 2013). "San Juan Islands in Washington site of new national monument by presidential proclamation". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- "Frequently Asked Questions: Which lands will be protected?". Proposed San Juan Islands National Monument. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- San Juan Islands National Monument: Plan Your Visit, United States Bureau of Land Management, retrieved 2013-04-20
- Presidential Proclamation -- San Juan Islands National Monument, The White House (Office of the Press Secretary), March 25, 2013
- "Get to know your BLM lands", WA Wild blog, Washington Wilderness Coalition, May 22, 2012, archived from the original on 2013-06-02
- Federal Register (PDF), United States Government Printing Office, June 12, 2003, p. 35237
- "NCA or National Monument? One will protect sooner", San Juan Islander, February 29, 2012, archived from the original on June 30, 2013, retrieved March 7, 2016
- "San Juan Islands National Monument" (PDF), Factsheet, United States Bureau of Land Management Spokane District Office/Wenatchee Field Office, 2013, retrieved 2013-04-15
- BLM Lands of San Juan County (PDF), San Juan County Committee for National Conservation Area (CNCA), September 4, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved 2013-04-18
- Wilderness character inventory — San Juan archipelago (PDF), United States Bureau of Land Management Spokane District Office/Wenatchee Field Office, November 2011, retrieved 2013-04-19
External links
- San Juan Islander - daily news site
- BLM−Bureau of Land Management.gov: official San Juan Islands National Monument website
- BLM.gov: Factsheet of San Juan Islands National Monument — including map.
- Islanders for the San Juan Islands National Monument
- Presidential Proclamation -- San Juan Islands National Monument, The White House (Office of the Press Secretary), March 25, 2013
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