Frost Island

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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]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frost Island
  2. http://frostisland.com/
  3. Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names . University of Washington Press. ISBN   0-295-95158-3.

Coordinates: 48°32′20″N122°50′46″W / 48.53889°N 122.84611°W / 48.53889; -122.84611