- The tips of submerged mountains collectively thrust above the sea where two straits–Georgia and Juan de Fuca–meet up with Puget Sound, forming the San Juan Islands. Of the 700 or so islands, islets, rocks, and reefs that make up the San Juan Islands, fewer than 200 have garnered official names…
- Chara (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
CHARA (Beta Canum Venaticorum). A lovely name for a northern star that vaults the heavens in northern spring, “Chara” from Greek meaning “joy.”