Admiralty Inlet


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Admiralty Inlet

An arm of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington. It is the northernmost part of Puget Sound and lies between Whidbey Island and the mainland.
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Lemon, investigated the Precambrian stratigraphy of the Admiralty Inlet area, northwestern Baffin Island.
One is the area around the Admiralty Inlet next to the port and the other is Linnahall," Koov told BNS.
Fish last detected crossing uninterrupted receiver arrays in Admiralty Inlet, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, or Johnstone Strait, or detected on individual receivers along the Washington State coast without exiting detections, were classified as transients because these detections indicated that they left Puget Sound.
The Clipper was brimming with passengers steaming to Seattle through Admiralty Inlet, and if the impact didn't kill us, the 45-degree water quickly would.
Reaching the ship can be treacherous because it is located in a shipping lane and swift currents in Admiralty Inlet can quickly take divers off course.
And a pigeon guillemot flying breakfast sorties into the cold waters of Admiralty Inlet.
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the Port Townsend Summer Band holds forth from the gazebo in 91-year-old Chetzemoka Park, overlooking Admiralty Inlet. The band's Sunday afternoon concerts usually end "with a rousing rendition of 'Stars and Stripes Forever,' as all band concerts should," reports local band fan Jean Fee.
The tram route to the Old City Harbor, the passenger harbor of Tallinn, is expected to run along the Maneezi, Laikmaa, Hobujaama and Paadi streets, and would be linked up to the Kopli tram line via Laeva Street, either at the intersection Ahtri Street and Mere Boulevard, or via a passage around the Admiralty Inlet to Kai Street, and from there on along Kai Street to Pohja Boulevard, the architect said.
Admiralty Inlet experienced a significant trend toward later landfast onset (1.4 weeks*[decade.sup.-l] over the period (Table 2), but no significant trend towards earlier breakup.
The surveys covered the waters of Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, the Gulf of Boothia, Admiralty Inlet, Eclipse Sound, and the eastern coast of Baffin Island, using systematic sampling methods.
34, the long arm of the sea in northwest Baffin Island is identified as "Admiralty Sound" rather than "Admiralty Inlet."