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Frost Island is an island in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. [1] The approximately 70-acre (28 ha) island has no public electric service or land-line telephone service. There is a water-taxi that runs between the island and Anacortes. [2]
The name was given by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, in honor of John Frost, the boatswain of the expedition's Porpoise. [3]
48°32′20″N 122°50′46″W / 48.53889°N 122.84611°W
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Frost Island is an island in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. [1] The approximately 70-acre (28 ha) island has no public electric service or land-line telephone service. There is a water-taxi that runs between the island and Anacortes. [2]
The name was given by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, in honor of John Frost, the boatswain of the expedition's Porpoise. [3]
48°32′20″N 122°50′46″W / 48.53889°N 122.84611°W