Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest of the United States is best known for its beautiful coastline, green interior, rainy weather, and spectacular mountains.Popular Destinations
Seattle
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.Washington
Often referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from national capital Washington, D.C.… Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.Puget Sound
Puget Sound is geologically a big fjord, a semi-enclosed body of water with its northern boundary marked by Admiralty Pass and the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, first mapped by Captain George Vancouver. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.Pacific Northwest
- Type: Region
- Description: region of western North America
- Category: geographic region
- Location: United States, North America
Latitude of center 45.997° or 45° 59' 49.1" north | Longitude of center -118.4985° or 118° 29' 54.7" west |
Population 15,800,000 | Elevation 650 feet (198 metres) |
GeoNames ID 9881905 |
Also Known As
- Arabic: إقليم الشمال الغربي الهادئ
- Basque: Pazifikoko ipar-mendebaldea
- Bosnian: Pacifički sjeverozapad
- Catalan: Pacífic Nordoccidental
- Chinese: 太平洋西北地区
- Croatian: Pacifički sjeverozapad
- Czech: Pacific Northwest
- Danish: Pacific Northwest
- Dutch: Pacific Northwest
- English: Pacific Northwest, PNW, PacNW
- Esperanto: Pacifika nordokcidento
- Estonian: Pacific Northwest
- Estonian: Vaikne loe
- Finnish: Luoteis-Yhdysvallat
- French: Nord-Ouest Pacifique
- German: PNW
- German: PacNW
- German: Pacific Northwest
- German: Pazifischer Nordwesten
- Hebrew: אזור הפסיפיק נורת' ווסט
- Hebrew: אזור הפסיפיק נורת' וסט
- Hebrew: מדינות אזור הפסיפיק נורת' וסט
- Italian: Pacifico nordoccidentale
- Japanese: 太平洋岸北西部
- Korean: 태평양 북서부
- Malay: Barat Laut Pasifik
- Occitan (post 1500): Nòrd-oèst Pacific
- Persian: شمال غربی آرام
- Persian: شمال غربی اقیانوس آرام
- Polish: Wybrzeże Północno-Zachodnie
- Portuguese: Noroeste Pacífico
- Russian: Северо-запад
- Russian: Тихоокеанский Северо-Запад
- Serbian: Пацифички северозапад
- Serbo-Croatian: Pacifički sjeverozapad
- Slovak: Pacific Northwest
- Spanish: Noroeste Pacifico
- Spanish: Noroeste Pacífico
- Spanish: Noroeste del Pacífico
- Swedish: Pacific Northwest
- Turkish: Pasifik Kuzeybatısı
- Ukrainian: Тихоокеанський північний захід
- Urdu: شمال مغربی بحرالکاہل
- Vietnamese: Tây Bắc Thái Bình Dương
- Cascadia
- Nord-ovest Pacifico
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