Frost Island

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Frost Island is an island in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington.

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.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95158-3. 
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