Tillamook Bay jetties
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Tillamook Bay jetties are large man-made rock structures at the entrance of Tillamook Bay in Oregon, built to stabilize the channel and protect vessels from strong ocean waves and shifting sands.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal engineering structure
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jetty system ⓘ maritime navigation infrastructure ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tillamook Bay bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coast | Oregon Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coastalFeatureOf | Tillamook Bay entrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedBy | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Tillamook County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
alters local sediment dynamics
ⓘ
influences shoreline morphology near Tillamook Bay entrance ⓘ |
| function |
sediment transport control
ⓘ
wave energy dissipation ⓘ |
| governingBody | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
breaking waves on the bar
ⓘ
strong tidal currents at the entrance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
north jetty
ⓘ
south jetty ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oregon
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Tillamook Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintenanceResponsibility | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manMade | true ⓘ |
| material |
rock
ⓘ
rubble-mound armor stone ⓘ |
| near |
Garibaldi, Oregon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communities around Tillamook Bay ⓘ |
| partOf | federal navigation project at Tillamook Bay ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate commercial navigation
ⓘ
facilitate recreational navigation ⓘ improve safety of bar crossing ⓘ protect vessels from strong ocean waves ⓘ reduce effects of shifting sands ⓘ stabilize navigation channel ⓘ |
| risk |
structural damage from high-energy wave events
ⓘ
wave overtopping during storms ⓘ |
| state | Oregon ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
coastal engineering studies
ⓘ
navigation safety reports ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
barge and small-vessel traffic
ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ |
| usedFor |
entrance channel alignment
ⓘ
harbor access ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.