Tenasillahe Island

Tenasillahe Island is an island in the Columbia River Estuary portion of the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon. It is separated from the mainland and the unincorporated community of Clifton, Oregon by the Clifton Channel, and from nearby Welch Island by the Red Slough.

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Type: Island
Description: island in the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
Also known as: “Kathlamet”, “Tenas Illihee Island”, “Tenas-illihee Island”, “Tenasillihee Island”, and “Tennassillihi Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifton and Cathlamet.

Clifton

Hamlet

Clifton is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. It is located north of U.S. Route 30, about nine miles northwest of Westport on the south bank of the Columbia River. It is on Clifton Channel across from Tenasillahe Island.

Cathlamet

Village

Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southwest Washington is a lush, forested region of Washington State. This part of the state is along north bank of the Columbia River, from where it carves a gorge through the Cascade Mountains, past the busy communities opposite of Portland, to its wide mouth at the Pacific Ocean.

Brownsmead

Hamlet

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

Brownsmead is an unincorporated community, on a distributary of the Columbia River called Saspal Slough, in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Previously known as Brody, it was named after W.G.

Tenasillahe Island

Categories: river island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.2257° or 46° 13′ 33″ north

Longitude

-123.45693° or 123° 27′ 25″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

84RR6GGV+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 158278751

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5756209

Wikidata ID

Q2403286

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Tenasillahe Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tenasillahe Island”
German: “Tenasillahe Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bradwood and Skamokawa.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Welch Island and Columbian White-Tailed Deer National Wildlife Refuge.

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