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 5 km, from c ...

, off of

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the 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, opposit ...

. 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 Clallam County, Washington, Clallam County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. La Push is the largest community within th ...

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, Cal ...

pours into the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

, 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 in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The reservation is at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific coas ...

is near, onshore.

Exploration

As of September 2017, the area is being explored.

Aquatic life

Large

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and large

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

have been found, living there.

Nearby submarine canyons

All of the following submarine canyons are near, headed north to south: *

Clayoquot Canyon Clayoquot is an anglicization of the Nuu-chah-nulth language name "Tla-o-qui-aht", one of the indigenous tribes of the region so named. It may refer to: * Clayoquot, British Columbia, historically also known as Port Cox, a community on Stubbs Isla ...

* Father Charles Canyon *

Loudon Canyon Loudon may refer to: Places In the United States: *Loudon, Massachusetts, formerly a constituent part of Otis, Massachusetts *Loudon, New Hampshire ** Loudon (CDP), New Hampshire * Loudon, Tennessee * Loudon County, Tennessee *Loudoun County, Vir ...

* Barkely Canyon *

Nitinat Canyon Ditidaht (also Nitinaht, Nitinat, Southern Nootkan) or diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ is a South Wakashan (Nootkan) language spoken on the southern part of Vancouver Island. Nitinaht is related to the other South Wakashan languages, Makah and the neighboring ...

* Juan de Fuca Canyon * Quileute Canyon *

Grays Canyon Grays or Greys may refer to: Places * Grays Bay, Nunavut, Canada * Grays, Essex, a town in Essex, England ** Grays railway station ** Grays School * Grays, Kent, a hamlet in Kent, England * Rotherfield Greys or Greys, a village in Oxfordshire, En ...

Guide Canyon A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom. Travel and recreation Ex ...

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. See also * Astoria Fan The Astoria Fan is a submarine fan. It has sediment, radiating asymmetrically southward from the mouth of th ...

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Geography of the Pacific Northwest Submarine canyons of the Pacific Ocean

Its location

Exploration

Aquatic life

Nearby submarine canyons

See also

Local geography

Other uses of the term ''Quileute''

Other uses of the term ''Quillayute''

References

External links and references