Editing Whidbey Island (section)

== Geography ==
{{Anchor|Oak Harbor}}
{{Anchor|Penn Cove}}
Whidbey Island is often claimed to be the longest island in the continental United States (or another similar claim), but according to the [[Seattle Times]] it cannot be correctly considered so.<ref name ="DontStretchST">{{cite news|title=Whidbey is long, but let's not stretch it|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000105/A20000106010141/whidbey-is-long-but-lets-not-stretch-it|date=January 5, 2000|access-date=August 25, 2011|first1=Steve|last1=Johnston|work=The Seattle Times|archive-date=June 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013306/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20000105&slug=A20000106010141|url-status=live}}</ref> The island has several bays, including on its east side '''Oak Harbor''' with the town of [[Oak Harbor, Washington|Oak Harbor]] at its base, and '''Penn Cove''' with the towns of [[Coupeville, Washington|Coupeville]] and [[San de Fuca, Washington|San de Fuca]] on its south and north shores respectively.

Whidbey Island has four lakes that are part of its interior hydrology: Cranberry Lake (inside Deception Pass State Park), Deer Lake, Goss Lake and Lone Lake (both near the town of Langley).<ref>{{cite web|title=Lakes Monitored by Ecology's Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program From 1989 through 1997|url=http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/lake_assessments.html|access-date=August 25, 2011|publisher=Department of Ecology, State of Washington}}</ref>