Yaquina Bay
Yaquina Bay is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km2 in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: small bay partially within Newport, Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “Yaquinna Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oregon Coast Aquarium and Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Public aquarium
The Oregon Coast Aquarium is an aquarium in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1992, the facility sits on 23 acres along Yaquina Bay near the Pacific Ocean.
Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Samaritan Health Services is a non-profit, integrated delivery healthcare system consisting of five hospitals, over 110 physician clinics, and multiple health insurance plans in Oregon and is headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon.
Yaquina Bay Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yaquina Bay Light is a lighthouse that was built in 1871, soon after the founding of the city of Newport, Oregon, in the United States. It is located on the north side of Yaquina Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and South Beach.
Newport
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882 with the name dating back to the establishment of a post office in 1868.
South Beach
Suburb
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. South Beach is located along the Pacific coast at Yaquina Bay, 1.5 miles south of Newport. South Beach has a post office with ZIP code 97366.
Newport Heights
Suburb
Newport Heights is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
Yaquina Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lincoln, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.62776° or 44° 37′ 40″ northLongitude
-124.04517° or 124° 2′ 43″ westOpen location code
84PQJXH3+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 369016956OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5762007Wikidata ID
Q1124338
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Satellite Map
Discover Yaquina Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Yaquina Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yaquina Bay”
- Dutch: “Yaquina Bay”
- German: “Yaquina Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ יאקינה”
- Japanese: “ヤーキーナ湾”
- “Yaquina Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nye Beach and Yaquina.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include OSU - Marine Operations Pier and NOAA - Small Boat Pier.
Oregon: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Astoria.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yaquina Bay”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.