Salish Sea Map
The Salish Sea is a sea bordered by the United States and Canada. This map shows the Salish Sea highlighted in blue on shaded relief, with the surrounding coasts, rivers, borders and major cities.
How to read this map
Countries with a coast on the Salish Sea: the United States and Canada.
The blue outline marks the Salish Sea as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Seattle, Vancouver, Tacoma, Everett, Victoria, Olympia, Abbotsford and Bellingham. Labeled states and countries: Washington.
Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders, and fine dashed lines show state or province borders.
The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Salish Sea come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Salish Sea is, not a surveyed boundary.
Blank physical map
The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.
Salish Sea facts
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Coastal countries | the United States and Canada |
| US states | Washington |
Data sources and license
- Natural Earth (public-domain geography): Public domain.
- Terrain Tiles / Mapzen (SRTM, GMTED2010, ETOPO1): Open elevation data; source attribution retained.
- Wikidata (lengths, areas, countries and other facts): CC0 1.0.
Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.
Maps of the coastal countries: United States, Canada. Compare with the map of the five oceans.
Frequently asked questions
Which countries border the Salish Sea?
the United States and Canada.
Can I download a blank map of the Salish Sea?
Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted sea but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.
Use this map
You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Salish Sea Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.
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