Elwha Rock is a
submerged rock in
Puget Sound. It lies in Cayou Channel (formerly known as Harney Channel) just west of
Orcas Island's Grindstone Harbor at a depth of
mean low water.
It was named for the ferry which ran aground on the then-uncharted rock in 1983. The ferry ''
Nisqually'' ran aground on the same rock in 1994.
[
The Washington Board on Geographic Names approved the name in December 1989.]
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Landforms of San Juan County, Washington
Puget Sound
Reefs of the United States
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