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Quileute Canyon (also ''Quillayute Canyon'') is a
submarine canyon A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to , from canyon flo ...
, off of
Washington state Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...
,
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.


Its location

It is just north of
Quinault Canyon The Quinault Canyon is a submarine canyon, off Washington state, in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. The area It lies opposite the Quinault Reservation. From the map, it is clear the Quinault River drains into the Pacific Ocean, oppo ...
. Quileute Canyon is offshore, from both
La Push La Push is a small unincorporated area, unincorporated community situated at the mouth of the Quillayute River in the Western Olympic Peninsula. It is the de facto capital and main population center of the Quileute Indian Reservation, which is ho ...
and
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.
Quillayute River The Quillayute River (also spelled Quileute River) is a river situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It empties to the Pacific Ocean at La Push, Washington. The Quillayute River is formed by the confluence of the Bogachiel River, Cala ...
pours into the
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, onshore, near
Rialto Beach Rialto Beach is a public beach located on the Pacific Ocean in Washington state. It is adjacent to Mora Campground in the Olympic National Park near the mouth of the Quillayute River, and is composed of an ocean beach and coastal forest. The many ...
, and
Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex is an administrative grouping of six National Wildlife Refuges in Washington, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It includes: * Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge (, ...
is also near, onshore. The
Quileute Indian Reservation The Quileute Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation for the Quileute people located on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula near the southwestern corner of Clallam County, Washington, United States. The reservation is at the mouth of the Qui ...
is near, onshore.


Exploration

As of September 2017, the area is being explored.


Aquatic life

Large
sponges Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and ar ...
and large
jellyfish Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies or simply jellies, are the #Life cycle, medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animal ...
have been found, living there.


Nearby submarine canyons

All of the following submarine canyons are near, headed north to south: * Clayoquot Canyon * Father Charles Canyon * Loudon Canyon * Barkely Canyon * Nitinat Canyon * Juan de Fuca Canyon * Quileute Canyon *
Quinault Canyon The Quinault Canyon is a submarine canyon, off Washington state, in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. The area It lies opposite the Quinault Reservation. From the map, it is clear the Quinault River drains into the Pacific Ocean, oppo ...
* Grays Canyon * Guide Canyon *
Willapa Canyon Willapa may refer to: * Willapa people, an Athapaskan-speaking people in Washington, United States * Willapa River, river on the Pacific coast of southwestern Washington, United States * ''General Miles'', a ship * Willapa Electric Company, an e ...
*
Astoria Canyon Astoria Canyon is a submarine canyon 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana'' ...


See also


Local geography

*
Abyssal fan Abyssal fans, also known as deep-sea fans, underwater deltas, and submarine fans, are underwater geological structures associated with large-scale sediment deposition and formed by turbidity currents. They can be thought of as an underwater v ...
*
Astoria Canyon Astoria Canyon is a submarine canyon 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana'' ...
* Astoria Fan *
Cascadia Basin Ocean Networks Canada is a world-leading research and ocean observing facility hosted and owned by the University of Victoria, and managed by the not-for profit ONC Society. ONC operates unparalleled observatories in the deep ocean and coastal ...
* Cascadia Channel *
Cascadia Subduction Zone The Cascadia subduction zone is a convergent plate boundary, about off the Pacific coast of North America, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is capable of producing 9.0+ m ...
* Grays Canyon * Juan de Fuca Canyon * Juan de Fuca Plate * Juan de Fuca Channel * Nitinat Canyon * Nitinat Fan * Quileute Canyon *
Willapa Canyon Willapa may refer to: * Willapa people, an Athapaskan-speaking people in Washington, United States * Willapa River, river on the Pacific coast of southwestern Washington, United States * ''General Miles'', a ship * Willapa Electric Company, an e ...


Other uses of the term ''Quileute''

*
Quileute The Quileute () are a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, with 808 enrolled citizens in 2018. They are a federally recognized tribe: the ''Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation''. The Quileute people ...
*
Quileute language Quileute , sometimes alternatively anglicized as Quillayute , is an extinct language, and was the last Chimakuan language, spoken natively until the end of the 20th century by Quileute and Makah elders on the western coast of the Olympic pen ...
*
Quillayute River The Quillayute River (also spelled Quileute River) is a river situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It empties to the Pacific Ocean at La Push, Washington. The Quillayute River is formed by the confluence of the Bogachiel River, Cala ...
*
Quileute Tribal School Quileute Tribal School (QTS) is a Quileute, Native American school located in La Push, Washington. It is a K-12 school, serving students in grades kindergarten – 12. QTS is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It has a co ...
* USS Quileute (YTB-540)


Other uses of the term ''Quillayute''

* Quillayute Airport *
Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex is an administrative grouping of six National Wildlife Refuges in Washington, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It includes: * Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge (, ...
*
Quillayute Valley School District Quillayute Valley School District 402 (QVSD) is a school district headquartered in Forks, Washington. Its schools are: Forks Elementary School, Forks Intermediate School, Forks Junior High School, and Forks High School. Forks Alternative School ...


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Geography of the Pacific Northwest Submarine canyons of the Pacific Ocean