Puget Sound

Puget Sound, arm of the Pacific Ocean, western Washington State, extending 130 km (80 mi) from Admiralty Inlet to Olympia, Washington. It is divided into several branches and is navigable by large vessels. The principal ports of the sound are Seattle and Tacoma on the eastern shore, and Bremerton on the western shore. Puget Sound is named for Peter Puget, a British naval officer who accompanied the British explorer George Vancouver to the Pacific Northwest (1792-1795).