Geography

Question 1

Pt. Wilson

Answer 1

West Point to Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound. Marked by a light 51 feet on an Octagonal tower on a building on the E. end of the low point.

Question 2

Port Townsend

Answer 2

Por t Townsend is entered between Point Hudson and Marrowstone Point . Extends SSW for approx 2.5 NM then SSE for 3 miles. WSF terminal located here.

Question 3

Point Hudson

Answer 3

Low and Sandy Point SSE of Point Wilson marked by a light.

Question 4

Marrowstone Point

Answer 4

East Point at the entrance to Port Townsend. Rises abruptly to a 120 ft. bluff. The light is on a 20ft. square structure.

Question 5

Walan pt.

Answer 5

NW corner of Indian Island. It creates a harbor to the east used as a naval restricted area. Indian island is a Navy ammunition depot.

Question 6

Kilisut harbor

Answer 6

Harbor extends SSE about 4 miles? between Indian Island and Marrowstone. Entrance is shallow. Indian Island and Marrowstone Is. are connected by a causeway.

Question 7

Glen Cove

Answer 7

480 foot pier, white building and Smoke are prominent features of the Port Townsend papermill.

Question 8

Kala Pt.

Answer 8

Point between Glen Cove and Hadlock marked by a light.

Question 9

Port Hadlock

Answer 9

Northerly entrance to the Port Townsend canal. The canal is dredged passage giving access to Oak Bay. Vertical clearance due to the fixed bridge is 58 feet. Vertical clearance due to power cables is 90 feet. Sept 2013 depths were 12feet. Controlling depth is 15 feet and width 75 feet. Lights and daybeacons mark both entrances to the canal.

Question 10

Olele Pt.

Answer 10

Pt. is north Mats Mats Bay. Klas? rocks are .7 M SSE of the Pt. and marke the entrance to the bay. E side of Klas Rk is marked by a light.

Question 11

Mats Mats Bay

Answer 11

This Bay is a small lagoon witha 100 yard entrance at high water. Very sheltered bay.

Question 12

Colvos Rocks

Answer 12

Rocks are .7 NM S of Klas rocks and are also marked with a light

Question 13

Port Ludlow

Answer 13

Bay between the city of Port Ludlow and Tala Pt.

Question 14

Tala Point

Answer 14

Point is a wooded bluff about 310 feet high serving as the W entrance to Hood Canal.

Question 15

Foulweather Bluff

Answer 15

Bluff is the E side to Hood Canal Entrance. One of Puget sounds most prominent bluffs. The N face is bare and .5 NM wide with Gray sand and clay bluffs 225 feet high. The E side is 40 ft. high. The w side is also steep and high. (It is the south end of Admiralty inlet)?

Question 16

Admiralty Head

Answer 16

Head is 80 feet high on Whidbey Island and is the E entrance to Admiralty Head. An abandoned lighthouse tower of 39 feet high stands on the top of the bluff.

Question 17

Keystone Harbor

Answer 17

Harbor is entered through a dredged channel. WSF operates a terminal here. Harbor has a boat launch on the east side.

Question 18

Lagoon Pt.

Answer 18

Point Features a prominent green tank . Dredged canals provide access to the Private Moorings.

Question 19

Bush Point

Answer 19

Point is 8 M SSE of Admiralty Head. It is a low sandspit market by a light. It is almost abeam of SC TSS buoy.

Question 20

Mutiny Bay

Answer 20

Bay between Bush Point and Double Bluff. Has clay bluffs and the center is low and flat.

Question 21

Double Bluff.

Answer 21

Bluff is bare white cliff 300-400 feet high on the SE face. Marked by a white light.

Question 22

Useless Bay

Answer 22

Bay open to the SW is E of double Bluff. The shores are bluffs. They are brush covered and low. An antenna light is prominent 2M NE of the head of the bay.