The Whale Museum, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 18 relations: Friday Harbor, Washington, Hydrophone, Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, Lime Kiln Point State Park, Long Beach, Washington, Marine mammal, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural history museum, Orca, Pinniped, Porpoise, Salish Sea, Southern resident orcas, Springer (orca), University of Washington, Whale, Whale vocalization, 501(c)(3) organization.

2. Natural history museums in Washington (state)
3. Whale conservation

Friday Harbor, Washington

Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States.

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Hydrophone

A hydrophone (water + sound) is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound.

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Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau

Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, also referred to by the phrase Indigenous peoples of the Plateau, and historically called the Plateau Indians (though comprising many groups) are Indigenous peoples of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and the non-coastal regions of the Northwestern United States.

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Lime Kiln Point State Park

Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 42-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago.

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Long Beach, Washington

Long Beach is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States.

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Marine mammal

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Natural history museum

A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more.

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Orca

The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.

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Porpoise

Porpoises are small dolphin-like cetaceans classified under the family Phocoenidae.

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Salish Sea

The Salish Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington.

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Southern resident orcas

The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

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Springer (orca)

Springer (born), officially named A73, is a wild orca from the Northern Resident Community of orcas, which frequents the waters off the northern part of Vancouver Island every summer.

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University of Washington

The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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Whale vocalization

Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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See also

Natural history museums in Washington (state)

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
• Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology
• Cougar Mountain Zoo
• Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
• Karshner Museum
• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
• Padilla Bay
• Puget Sound Museum of Natural History
• Sequim Museum & Arts
• Stonerose Interpretive Center
• The Whale Museum
• Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

Whale conservation

• Alaska Whale Foundation
• Alfaguara project
• Anti-whaling
• Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
• International Whaling Commission
• Marine Mammal Protection Act
• Marine Mammals Protection Act
• Old Harbour Museum
• Operation Breakthrough
• Pacific Whale Foundation
• Project Jonah
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• The Whale Museum
• Tuna-Dolphin GATT Case (I and II)
• Vessel speed restrictions to reduce ship collisions with North Atlantic right whales
• Whale Wars
• Whale conservation
• Whaleman Foundation

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whale_Museum