Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment is a headland of the Pacific Northwest, located at the extreme southwestern corner of Washington, United States, on the north side of the Columbia River bar and just west of Baker Bay.Photo: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape at the mouth of the Columbia River in Pacific County, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Cabo de San Roque”, “Cape Hancock”, and “Kah-eese”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waikiki Beach and Cape Disappointment Light.
Waikiki Beach
Beach
Cape Disappointment State Park is a public recreation area on Cape Disappointment, located southwest of Ilwaco, Washington, on the bottom end of Long Beach Peninsula, the northern headlands where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean.
Cape Disappointment Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cape Disappointment Light is a lighthouse on Cape Disappointment near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington.
North Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Head Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Pacific Ocean from North Head, a rocky promontory located approximately two miles north of Cape Disappointment and the mouth of the Columbia River, near Ilwaco, Pacific County, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilwaco and Seaview.
Ilwaco
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ilwaco is a city of about 1000 people in southwestern Washington State. It is on Baker Bay, at the mouth of the Wallacut and Chinook Rivers, behind Cape Disappointment.
Seaview
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaview is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington. It is located near Long Beach and had a population for its 98644 ZIP code at the 2010 census of 473 people.
Long Beach
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Long Beach is a beachfront city in southwestern Washington State. It is the largest city on the Long Beach Peninsula, claimed to be the longest continuous beach in the United States.
Cape Disappointment
- Category: landform
- Location: Pacific, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.28869° or 46° 17′ 19″ northLongitude
-124.06221° or 124° 3′ 44″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
84RQ7WQQ+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13707021856OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Cape Disappointment” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Disappointment”
- Chinese: “失望角（華盛頓州）”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Malkontentiĝo”
- French: “cap Disappointment (Washington)”
- French: “Cap Disappointment”
- Japanese: “ディスアポイントメント岬”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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