Skull Island is the name of two small islands in the San Juan Archipelago in the U.S. state of Washington.
[1] It is identified as 3.2-acre (1.3 ha) Skull Island State Park Property by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
[2] It was named for holding skulls and bones of a band of Lummi who were killed by raiding Haida in 1858.
[3] Since 2013, it has been part of the San Juan Islands National Monument.
[4] Another Skull Island in the same archipelago is located exactly fourteen miles south-southeast at 48°27′56″N 122°49′59″W / 48.46562°N 122.83305°W / 48.46562; -122.83305 in Mud Bay, part of Lopez Sound, between the Sperry Peninsula of Lopez Island and Fortress Island.