City in Washington, United StatesSeattle sits on a narrow strip of land between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington, in the state of Washington. It lies about 160 km south of the Canadian border.
Nicknamed the Emerald City, Seattle is a major port and a gateway for trade with Asia and the Pacific. It was the main supply point for gold miners heading to Alaska and the Yukon after 1897. Amazon has its headquarters here, and the city is closely linked with grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Go to the top-left corner of the mainland United States. Seattle sits on the inner waters of Puget Sound, about 190 km south of Vancouver in Canada.
Seattle is not the capital of Washington State: that is Olympia, about 80 km to the southwest. The state of Washington, in the far northwest, is also not Washington, D.C., the national capital on the east coast.