San Juan Islands National Monument
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Location	San Juan, Whatcom, and Skagit Counties, Washington, USA
Nearest city	Friday Harbor, WA
Coordinates	48°31′55″N 123°1′45″W / 48.53194°N 123.02917°W / 48.53194; -123.02917
Area	1,000 acres (400 ha)
Created	March 25, 2013 (2013-March-25)
Governing body	Bureau of Land Management
Website	San Juan Islands National Monument
U.S. National Monument

San Juan Islands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the Salish Sea in the state of Washington. The monument protects archaeological sites of the Coast Salish peoples, lighthouses and relics of early European American settlers in the Pacific Northwest, and biodiversity of the island life in the region. The monument was created from existing federal land by President Barack Obama on March 25, 2013 under the Antiquities Act.^[1][2][3]

Geography

The national monument consists of approximately 75 separate sites totaling roughly 1,000 acres (4 km²) in area. They are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System.^{[4][unreliable source?]}