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Pacific City, Oregon. / 45.20583°N 123.95389°W / 45.20583; -123.95389. Pacific City is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. [2] The population was 1,109 at the 2020 census. Pacific City is home to the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area .
The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north. The region is not a specific geological, environmental, or ...
The Pacific Ocean, the moisture-laden air above it, and the storms moving from it over the Oregon coast, are major factors in the state's precipitation patterns. As humid ocean air flows east from the ocean and encounters the Coast Range, it rises steeply, cools, and loses moisture through condensation, which produces heavy rain. The heaviest ...
The North Pacific Current (sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift) is an ocean current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean. The current forms the southern part of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre and the northern part of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The North Pacific Current is formed by ...
Coordinates. 45°12′59″N 123°58′19″W. / 45.2164925°N 123.9720616°W / 45.2164925; -123.9720616. [1] Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area is a state park in Pacific City, Oregon, United States. Cape Kiwanda is on the Three Capes Scenic Route, which includes Cape Meares and Cape Lookout. Hiking to the top of Cape Kiwanda allows views ...
The Pacific Northwest ( PNW ), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, northern ...
Get the Oregon City, OR local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 ... This image of the northern Pacific Ocean was captured on Thursday, April 11, 2024. ... Solar eclipse maps show 2024 ...
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 110–160 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis that could reach 30 m (98 ft).