Puget Sound New The humpback whales that winter

The humpback whales that winter off of its western coastline are attracted to the relatively shallow waters between the four islands of Maui Nui (Greater Maui) which is the name that modern geologists have given to a prehistoric island that stood where these four separate islands stand today

which drain an area equal to the surface of the lake itself

Points of Interest: Cabo San Lucas

Size:  31" x 25" x 2"

the lakes' water level has only varied by about 6 feet

Puget Sound New The humpback whales that winterSize: 25" x 31" x 2" Locale: Western Washington Part of the Salish Sea, the Puget Sound was shaped by glaciers that retreated less than 11,000 years ago. Ice sheets about 3,000 feet thick covered Seattle (nearly 6,000 feet at the US Canada border), and when they retreated, they carved Lake Washington, Sammamish, Hood Canal, and the main Puget Sound basin. The Puget Sound averages 205 feet in depth, reaches a maximum depth of 930 feet off of Point