Port Townsend Bay

Port Townsend Bay

Port Townsend Bay is a marine inlet off Admiralty Inlet at the northeastern extreme of the Olympic Peninsula in the American state of Washington. Originally named Port Townsend by British Captain George Vancouver in 1792, the name Port Townsend Bay is currently used to distinguish the bay from the city of Port Townsend that arose on its northwestern shore. The approximate geographic center of the bay is at coordinates coord|48|5|N|122|46|W.

The bay is home to the Navy's primary munitions shipping dock on the Pacific Coast, Naval Magazine Indian Island. An "explosives anchorage" for use by munitions vessels is located in the bay about one mile from downtown Port Townsend City.


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