'''Elwha Rock''' is a submerged rock in Puget Sound. It lies in Cayou Channel (formerly known as Harney Channel) just west of Orcas Island's Grindstone Harbor at a depth of {{convert|5|ft|m}} mean low water.<ref>{{gnis|1510441|Elwha Rock}}</ref>
It was named for the ferry {{MV|Elwha}} which ran aground on the then-uncharted rock in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=July 26, 2002 |title=Showing Off: Welcome aboard as we float a few facts on the state's ferries |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020726/showingoff26/showing-off-welcome-aboard-as-we-float-a-few-facts-on-the-states-ferries |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> The ferry ''Nisqually'' ran aground on the same rock in 1994.<ref name=hazards/>
The Washington Board on Geographic Names approved the name in December 1989.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 19, 1989 |title=Ferry crash gives new name to Elwha River |page=44 |work=The Free Lance–Star |location=Fredericksburg, Virginia |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19891219&id=ZQNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6820,3651958 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}</ref>
The rock was incorporated within San Juan Islands National Monument in 2013.
==References== <references>
<ref name=hazards>{{citation|title=Technological Hazards: Transportation |url=http://www.emd.wa.gov/hazards/haz_transportation.shtml |publisher=Washington Military Department—Emergency Management Division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111104111/http://www.emd.wa.gov/hazards/haz_transportation.shtml |archivedate=2010-01-11 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{gnis|1510441|Elwha Rock}} {{coord|48|35|36.639|N|122|54|15.16|W|type:landmark|display=title|name=Elwha Rock}}
Category:Landforms of San Juan County, Washington Category:Puget Sound Category:Reefs of the United States
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