Editing Clallam County, Washington (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2671|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1738|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|932|sqmi}} (35%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_53.txt |access-date=July 4, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

Located in Clallam County is [[Cape Alava]], the [[List of extreme points of the United States#Westernmost points|westernmost point]] in both Washington and the contiguous [[United States]], with a [[longitude]] of 124 degrees, 43 minutes and 59 seconds West (−124.733). Near Cape Alava is [[Ozette, Washington|Ozette]], the westernmost town in the contiguous United States. Clallam County also contains the west-northwesternmost, northwesternmost, and north-northwesternmost points in the contiguous United States.<ref name="Del Leu">{{Cite web |title=16 Extreme Compass Points |url=https://www.extremegeographer.com/the-16-extreme-compass-points |access-date=February 3, 2022 |publisher=Del Leu}}</ref>

===Geographic features===
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* [[Mount Angeles]]
* [[Cape Flattery (Washington)|Cape Flattery]]
* [[Clallam River]]
* [[Dungeness Spit]]
* [[Elwha River]]
* [[Gray Wolf Ridge]]
* [[Hoh River]]
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* [[Hoko River]]
* [[Lake Crescent]]
* [[Lake Ozette]]
* [[Lyre River]]
* [[Pacific Ocean]]
* [[Pysht River]]
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* [[Seven Lakes Basin]]
* [[Sol Duc Hot Springs]]
* [[Sol Duc River]]
* [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]]
* [[Tatoosh Island, Washington|Tatoosh Island]]
* [[Waadah Island]]
|}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Capital Regional District]], [[British Columbia]] – north
* [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson County]] – south & east

===National protected areas===
* [[Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail]] (part)
* [[Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Olympic National Forest]] (part)
* [[Olympic National Park]] (part)
* [[Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)