Quileute Canyon (also ''Quillayute Canyon'') is a
submarine canyon, off of
Washington state,
United States.
Its location
It is just north of
Quinault Canyon.
Quileute Canyon is offshore, from both
La Push and
Forks.
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, Calaw ...
pours into the
Pacific Ocean, 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 ma ...
, 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 is near, onshore.
Exploration
As of September 2017, the area is being explored.
Aquatic life
Large
sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
and large
jellyfish have been found, living there.
Nearby submarine canyons
All of the following submarine canyons are near, headed north to south:
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Clayoquot Canyon
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Father Charles Canyon
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fath ...
*
Loudon Canyon
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Barkely Canyon
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Nitinat Canyon
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Juan de Fuca Canyon
Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine channel off the shore of Washington state, United States and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The geography of Juan de Fuca Channel
The Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine canyon running from the shelf break, o ...
* Quileute Canyon
*
Quinault Canyon
*
Grays Canyon
*
Guide Canyon
*
Willapa Canyon
*
Astoria Canyon
See also
Local geography
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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 ve ...
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Astoria Canyon
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Astoria Fan
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Cascadia Basin
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Cascadia Channel
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Cascadia Subduction Zone
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Grays Canyon
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Juan de Fuca Canyon
Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine channel off the shore of Washington state, United States and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The geography of Juan de Fuca Channel
The Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine canyon running from the shelf break, o ...
*
Juan de Fuca Plate
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Juan de Fuca Channel
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Nitinat Canyon
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Nitinat Fan
* Quileute Canyon
*
Willapa Canyon
Other uses of the term ''Quileute''
*
Quileute
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Quileute language
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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, Calaw ...
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Quileute Tribal School
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USS Quileute (YTB-540)
The Quileute () are a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, with 808 enrolled members as of 3/14/2018. They are a federally recognized tribe: the ''Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation''.
The Quileute ...
Other uses of the term ''Quillayute''
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Quillayute Airport
Quillayute Airport , formerly known as Quillayute State Airport, is a public airport located approximately west of the city of Forks, Washington, Forks, in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the City of Forks. This former ...
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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 (, ) ...
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Quillayute Valley School District
References
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External links and references
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Geography of the Pacific Northwest
Submarine canyons of the Pacific Ocean