Alki Point, Seattle
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Alki Point (/ˈælkaɪ/, Lushootseed: sbaqʷabqs, lit. 'prairie point')[1] is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district of Seattle, Washington. Alki is the peninsular neighborhood on Alki Point. Alki was the original settlement in what was to become the city of Seattle. It was part of the city of West Seattle from 1902 until that city's annexation by Seattle in 1907.
Alki
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Coordinates: 47.576°N 122.420°W / 47.576; -122.420 | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | King County, Washington |
The Alki neighborhood extends along the shore from the point, both southeast and northeast. To the northeast it continues past Alki Beach roughly to Duwamish Head, the northernmost point of West Seattle.
Alki Point also marks the southern extent of Elliott Bay; a line drawn northwest to West Point marks the division between bay and sound.