Talk:San Juan Islands
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There are over 450 islands in the entire archipelago at high tide, but fewer than half are named and fewer than one-sixth are inhabited.
Does anyone have a citation for the fewer than half are named part? I've heard similar things said about lots of archipelagoes, usually without substantiation .. A cursory look at my chart of the islands didn't reveal a single dry-at-high-tide hunk of rock that didn't have some sort of name, however obscure, on the chart.. Mariners really like to have a name to refer to anything they might crash into. Ideas? --Cdc 19:22, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I don't know whether they are included in that '450' count, but these two places are 'islands (only) at high tide' (zoom to 1:10,000 to see best), and don't seem to be named:
- http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5379241.00019292&e=501114&datum=nad83
- http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5378875&e=505727&s=200&size=l&datum=nad83
- Also, it's too small to show on the topo map--it would be here:
But these pics show another case that I am sure isn't named:
- http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/PointHigh.JPG (hard to tell, but top left rock is surrounded by water.)
- http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/PointLow.JPG (same rock, taken from a bit further left, but at a much lower tide.)
- (There's also a bit of rock a bit south of here that is probably above the water at all but 'storm' high tides.)
- Niteowlneils 20:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Island pics
Considering the great natural beauty of the islands, I really think this article could use some images beyond the simple map it currently has. Does anyone have any to contribute?
- I can try to rummage thru the rest of my pix when I'm no longer living out of a suitcase; these are about all I have access to at the moment, and none seem good enuf to bother uploading:
- http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/BigLowRot.JPG
- http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/LookingEast.jpg
- http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/Bambi.jpg (yes, that is a baby deer/fawn just above dead center)
- Niteowlneils 20:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. The natural beauty (and diversity) of the islands really warrents some fantastic illustrations here. We have a couple of photos, but none showing the rain forest, orca, and so on. There's a lot more going on in and around the San Juans than, say, Freeway Park, and that should be visually represented in this article.
