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Cape Flattery

Cape Flattery proper noun: the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States, in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean.

Proper noun

Cape Flattery

  1. The northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States, in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean.

Origin of Cape Flattery

Named in 1778 by James Cook, who wrote: "[T]here appeared to be a small opening which flattered us with the hopes of finding an harbour ... On this account I called the point of land to the north of it Cape Flattery."

Questions about Cape Flattery

What does Cape Flattery mean?
Cape Flattery means the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States, in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is Cape Flattery?
Cape Flattery is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Flattery in the dictionary

  1. Cape elk
  2. Cape elks
  3. Cape Farewell
  4. Cape Fear
  5. Cape Filchner
  6. Cape Flattery
  7. Cape fox
  8. Cape foxes
  9. Cape Girardeau
  10. Cape Girardeau County
  11. Cape gooseberries

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