Sequim Bay

{{Short description|Bay of Washington state, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} <mapframe text="Sequim Bay" width=250 height=180 zoom=11 latitude=48.0555 longitude=-123.0111/> [[File:View from ISS Expedition 71, Sequim Bay, Washington, August 17, 2024 (ISS071-E-516321) (cropped).jpg|thumb|559x559px|View from ISS Expedition 71, August 2024 ]]

'''Sequim Bay''' is a bay in northwestern Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The bay is on the Strait of Juan de Fuca of the Pacific Ocean and is located east of Sequim, Washington and north of Blyn. Sequim Bay is about {{convert|2|mi|km}} long and slightly over {{convert|1|mi|km}} wide at the mouth.

The name "Sequim" comes from a Native American word for "place for going to shoot".<ref>{{cite web|title=Expert: Sequim Doesn't Mean Quiet Waters|publisher=NPR|date=4 August 2010|accessdate=7 June 2024|url= https://www.npr.org/2010/08/04/128971895/expert-sequim-doesnt-mean-quiet-waters}}</ref>

Sequim Bay State Park is located on the shore of Sequim Bay.

== References == {{reflist}} *{{GNIS|1531506|Sequim Bay}}

Category:Bays of Washington (state) Category:Bodies of water of Clallam County, Washington Category:Washington (state) placenames of Native American origin