Olympic Peninsula is a peninsula that occupies the west and northwest of Washington State , located northwest of the state capital of Olympia and west of Seattle .
| Olympic | |
|---|---|
| English Olympic peninsula | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 9300 km² |
| Highest point | 2429 m |
| Location | |
| Water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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The peninsula is connected to the continent from the south . In the east, the shores of the Olympic Sea are washed by the waters of Puget Sound Bay , and from the west by the Pacific Ocean . To the north is the Juan de Fuca Strait , which separates the peninsula from Vancouver Island . The coastline of Olympique is severely indented.
In the central part of the peninsula is located the Olympic National Park , where temperate rain forests grow.
The peninsula is mountainous , especially in the central part. The highest point of the peninsula is Mount Olympus , whose altitude reaches 2427 m . The peninsula also has many small lakes and mountain rivers .
On the peninsula is also the westernmost point of the continental United States - Cape Alava . [one]
The largest settlement on the peninsula is the city of Port Angeles (18.3 thousand, 2000 ).
Notes
- ↑ Due to coastal erosion since the 1990s, Cape Blanco in Oregon is considered the westernmost point of the continental states.