Columbia River Bar

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hazardous waterway sandbar shipping passage

The Columbia River Bar is a notoriously dangerous sandbar and shipping passage at the mouth of the Columbia River, often called the "Graveyard of the Pacific" due to its treacherous waves and frequent shipwrecks.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Columbia River Bar maritime history	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hazardous waterway ⓘ sandbar ⓘ shipping passage ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCause	interaction of river outflow and ocean swells ⓘ shifting sediment at river mouth ⓘ winter storms in the North Pacific ⓘ
hasFacility	Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistory	long record of shipwrecks ⓘ numerous 19th-century maritime disasters ⓘ ongoing dredging to maintain shipping channel ⓘ
hasRisk	capsizing ⓘ loss of life ⓘ ship grounding ⓘ
hazardType	bar crossing ⓘ maritime navigation hazard ⓘ
knownFor	dangerous crossing for ships ⓘ frequent shipwrecks ⓘ rapidly changing sea conditions ⓘ shallow shifting sandbars ⓘ strong currents ⓘ treacherous waves ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ border between Oregon and Washington ⓘ mouth of the Columbia River ⓘ
monitoredBy	United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigationAid	buoy system ⓘ lighthouses near the river mouth ⓘ
near	Astoria, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Disappointment NERFINISHED ⓘ Clatsop Spit NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilwaco, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Graveyard of the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Pacific Northwest coast of the United States ⓘ
regulatedBy	United States Coast Guard navigation rules ⓘ
requires	specialized bar pilots for large vessels ⓘ
safetyMeasure	bar closure during extreme conditions ⓘ mandatory pilotage for many large vessels ⓘ
servedBy	Columbia River Bar Pilots NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing vessels ⓘ recreational boats ⓘ
weatherInfluence	North Pacific storms ⓘ river discharge levels ⓘ tidal cycles ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia River estuary → hasFeature → Columbia River Bar ⓘ

Cape Disappointment → isNear → Columbia River Bar ⓘ

Astoria waterfront → associatedWith → Columbia River Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbia River Bar maritime history