Peninsulas of Oregon
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Many coastal peninsulas of Oregon are properly headlands, often called capes.
Major navigation and geographic landmarks
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Unless otherwise specified the source of the list is the Oregon maps of the Smithsonian's 1899 Indian Land Cessions of the United States.[1] Ordered north to south:
- Point Adams (see Point Adams Light)
- Tillamook Head (see Tillamook Rock Lighthouse)
- Cape Falcon (formerly known as False Tillamook, see Oswald West State Park and Cape Falcon Marine Reserve)
- Cape Meares (see Cape Meares Lighthouse)
- Cape Lookout
- Cape Foulweather
- Yaquina Head (see Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and Yaquina Head Lighthouse)
- Cape Perpetua
- Coos Head and Coos Bay Peninsula on Coos Bay
- Cape Arago (see Cape Arago State Park and Cape Arago Lighthouse)
- Cape Blanco (see Cape Blanco Lighthouse)
- Crook Point and Mack Arch (also known as Arch Rock)
Other headlands, promontories, rocks and stacks
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Ordered alphabetically:
- Cape Kiwanda (see Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area)
- Cascade Head
- Haystack Rock
- The Heads
- Heceta Head (see Heceta Head Lighthouse)
- Hug Point (see Hug Point State Recreation Site)
- Mitchell Point (Oregon)
- Port Orford Heads (see Port Orford Heads State Park)
The coast of Oregon also has a number of significant sea stacks.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oregon 1". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Jamie Hale | The (2020-01-12). "The 20 best sea stacks on the Oregon coast". oregonlive. Retrieved 2023-04-15.