# Port Orchard

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{{For|the county seat of [Kitsap County](/source/Kitsap_County%2C_Washington)|Port Orchard, Washington}}
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right|thumb|Sinclair Inlet and Port Washington (left) and Rich Passage (lower right) branch from Port Orchard (lower center and right)
'''Port Orchard''', part of [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)) state's [Puget Sound](/source/Puget_Sound), is the [strait](/source/strait) that separates [Bainbridge Island](/source/Bainbridge_Island) on the east from the [Kitsap Peninsula](/source/Kitsap_Peninsula) on the west. It extends from [Liberty Bay](/source/Liberty_Bay) and [Agate Pass](/source/Agate_Pass) in the north to [Sinclair Inlet](/source/Sinclair_Inlet) and [Rich Passage](/source/Rich_Passage) in the south.  It was named in May 1792 by [George Vancouver](/source/George_Vancouver) after Harry Masterman Orchard, ship's clerk of Vancouver's ship [''Discovery''](/source/HMS_Discovery_(1789)).<ref>{{cite book |last= Phillips |first= James W. |title= Washington State Place Names |url= https://archive.org/details/washingtonstatep00phil |url-access= registration |year= 1971 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 0-295-95158-3}}</ref>

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==External links==
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Category:Straits of Kitsap County, Washington
Category:Straits of Washington (state)
Category:Landforms of Puget Sound

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