what does dungeness crab mean? thanks?

Question

I wanna know what does the dungeness word mean?

Answer 1

The origin is mid 20th century from a fishing village on the coast of Washington State.

Answer 2

They are named after Dungeness, Washington [1], which is located approximately five miles north of Sequim and 15 miles east of Port Angeles. The annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival [5] is held in Port Angeles each October.
Dungeness crab have been found in the Atlantic Ocean, raising concern about their possible effects on the local wildlife [6].

Answer 3

Dungeness is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, USA, located north of Sequim. Dungeness crab is named after the town of Dungeness, which is located on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Dungeness has a number of waterfront residential communities, but also features the Dungeness Spit, a popular destination for locals and tourists.

The name "Dungeness" refers to the Dungeness headland in England. It was given by George Vancouver in 1792, who wrote: The low sandy point of land, which from its great resemblance to Dungeness in ths British Channel, I called New Dungeness.[1]

The West Coast's first commercial fishery, mainly producing Dungeness crabs, was built in 1848 in Dungeness.

Answer 4

Dungeness Crab: An edible crab (Cancer magister) common along the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California.

So basically a stretch of land.

Answer 5

Dungeness is a town in
Washington State, and the Dungeness
crab comes from there, just like jersey tomatoes are from
jersey. idaho potatos are from idaho etc.