Puget Sound

Puget Sound

Puget Sound, Bucht des Stillen Oceans im äußersten Nordwesten des Territory Washington (Nordamerika); steht durch den Admirality Inlet mit der Fucastraße in Verbindung.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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