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{{Short description|Marine inlet off Admiralty Inlet}}

[[File:Jefferson County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Port Townsend Highlighted.svg|thumb|Map highlighting the city of Port Townsend, Port Townsend Bay is to the south of the city]]
[[File:ISS065-E-139249 - View of Earth.jpg|thumb|Satellite image showing the city of Port Townsend and Port Townsend Bay]]
'''Port Townsend Bay''', also called '''Port Townsend''',<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1524588|Port Townsend}}</ref> is a marine inlet off [[Admiralty Inlet]] at the northeastern extreme of the [[Olympic Peninsula]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]. It was named Port Townsend by [[George Vancouver]] in 1792. The name Port Townsend Bay is sometimes used to distinguish the bay from the city of [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]] on its northwestern shore. Another alternate name is Port Townsend Harbor.<ref name=gnis/>

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[[Category:Port Townsend, Washington]]
[[Category:Bays of Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Bays of Jefferson County, Washington]]

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