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Sucia Island Fossil Bay

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: look only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous ammonite-bearing sandstones ringing a marine park bay

Famous San Juan Islands fossil locality.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

boat access only

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