Vashon Island

Vashon Island is the island. Covering the entire island is Vashon, Washington, a census-designated place. Both terms are used interchangeably.

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Vashon, Washington

ferry terminal

The southern terminus of the Vashon Highway is the Tahlequah Ferry Terminal in the Tahlequah neighborhood, connected to the Point Defiance neighborhood of Tacoma by the Point Defiance–Tahlequah ferry.

island of

King County, Washington

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On the deck toward Vashon Island

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Vashon, Washington

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vicinity

In the nearby Pacific Ocean, roughly 170 miles (270 km) west of Vashon Island, lies the 700-mile (1,130 km) tectonic boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and as such, Vashon Island is one of many areas at risk for earthquakes or related natural disasters.

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To the west Vashon Island is separated from the Kitsap Peninsula by the Colvos Passage.

Wikipedia

Vashon, Washington (Wikipedia) Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,624 at the 2010 census and the size is 36.9 square miles (95.6 km2).