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OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

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capes of the state, such positions being taken from the

publications of the U. S . Coast and Geodetic Survey, except for those marked (a) which are scaled from reliable maps, and are approximate. The positions marked (lt) are for the light houses on the capes, and all others are for some important triangulation point on the cape, though not necessarily in the exact center, or on its most westerly point.

Cape North Latitude Point Adams 46° 12' 33" Tillamook Head 455755 Arch Cape (a)454754 Cape Falcon 454546 Neahkahnie Mountain 454439 Cape Meares (It) 45 29 13 Cape Lookout (a)452030 Cape Kiwanda (a)451310 Cascade Head 450342 Cape Foulweather 444523 Yaquina Head (It) 44 40 38 Cape Perpetua ...;(USGS) 44 17 12 Heceta Head (It) 44 08 16 Coos Head (It) 43 20 30 Cape Arago (a)431815 Coquille Point (a) 43 07 Cape Blanco (It) 42 50 15 Cape Sebastian % 421941 Crook Point 421508 Cape Ferrelo (a)420608

Cape Blanco is the most westerly point in Oregon and its light house is in west longitude 124° 33' 46". The most westerly triangulation station on the cape is longitude 124° 33' 51.928" and is close to the edge of the cliff of the midde point. For detailed information on the above points see U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Special Publication 31. ilPrSi

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