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was placed on it in 1934. Some sources say that the rock is one of three prominent Salish Sea petroglyphs that were always on the shoreline, but tectonic activity around the
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The rock is 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and 7 feet (2.1 m) long. It sits about 100 feet (30 m) offshore, and has been marked with chiseled and drilled
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60 miles away. Standing at the petroglyph on the vernal and autumnal equinox, one can view the rising sun shining straight through the canyon."
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Haleets Rock, looking northwest from the beach. Petroglyphs are on the side facing the water.
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curator and archivist
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Haleets, also spelled as
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A Gallery of
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Haleets at low tide. Most of the petroglyphs are concealed beneath
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sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound
Geography
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has proposed a theory that it has a calendrical function (see
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264:References
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796:Related:
779:Omak Rock
767:Elsewhere
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520:April 24,
415:NOAA 2015
359:Leen 2015
227:Footnotes
163:peoples.
93:Sandstone
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282:(2001).
215:See also
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173:xĚŚalilc
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