Description of Geographic Area Flashcards
WSF
Terminals Seattle, Bainbridge, Bremerton
West Point
Low and Sandy, Rising 300+ in .5nm Lt on 27’ Octagonal Tower Sump Tanks VTS Tower Large White Dome 81A
Magnolia Bluff
Mostly bare, light colored, 300’ in places
West Point to Smith Cove
Four Mile Rock
60 Yds Offshore, Skelton Tower on Rock
Smith Cove
2700’ Breakwater with Small Craft Basin, just W of Smith Cove
Grain Terminal
Prominent between Smith Cove and Seattle Waterfront.
Seattle
N to S
Space Needle, Edgewater Hotel with big lighted E in pier 67, Columbia Center (tallest bldg), gantry cranes at terminals 46 + 37
Duwamish Head
Bounds Elliot bay to S
Rises to 260’,
tree covered with interspersed houses
Shoal extending .2nm is marked by light
Alki Pt
low with wooded knoll
Lt on 39’ Octagonal Tower
Skiff Point
low yellow bluffs to the south.
shoal, covered by kelp, extends about 250 yards from the point; this shoal is reported to be building out and should be given a wide berth.
Murden Cove
South of Skiff Pt An extensive flat that bares extends almost 0.5 mile from the head of the cove, and outside of it the depth increases rapidly.
Yeomalt Pt
is a low, grassy sandspit,
rises gradually
Eagle Harbor
opposite Elliott Bay.
2 miles long
deep, natural channel is only 200 yards wide at entrance
marked by lights and buoys
Blakely Rock
Highest of 4 rocks
300 Yds long
Lt on S Side
Restoration Pt
Flat 300 yds
Rises to 100’
High wooded knoll with buildings and flagpole