Tillamook Bay jetties

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Tillamook Bay jetties are large man-made rock structures at the entrance of Tillamook Bay in Oregon, built to stabilize the channel and protect vessels from strong ocean waves and shifting sands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tillamook Bay barrier system 1
Tillamook Bay jetties canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal engineering structure ⓘ
jetty system ⓘ
maritime navigation infrastructure ⓘ
adjacentTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Tillamook Bay bar ⓘ
coast Oregon Coast ⓘ
coastalFeatureOf Tillamook Bay entrance ⓘ
linked to: Tillamook Bay
constructedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Tillamook County ⓘ
environmentalImpact alters local sediment dynamics ⓘ
influences shoreline morphology near Tillamook Bay entrance ⓘ
function sediment transport control ⓘ
wave energy dissipation ⓘ
governingBody U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
hasHazard breaking waves on the bar ⓘ
strong tidal currents at the entrance ⓘ
hasPart north jetty ⓘ
south jetty ⓘ
locatedIn Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Ocean coast ⓘ
Tillamook Bay ⓘ
United States ⓘ
maintenanceResponsibility U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
manMade true ⓘ
material rock ⓘ
rubble-mound armor stone ⓘ
near Garibaldi, Oregon ⓘ
communities around Tillamook Bay ⓘ
partOf federal navigation project at Tillamook Bay ⓘ
purpose facilitate commercial navigation ⓘ
facilitate recreational navigation ⓘ
improve safety of bar crossing ⓘ
protect vessels from strong ocean waves ⓘ
reduce effects of shifting sands ⓘ
stabilize navigation channel ⓘ
risk structural damage from high-energy wave events ⓘ
wave overtopping during storms ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
subjectOf coastal engineering studies ⓘ
navigation safety reports ⓘ
supportsActivity barge and small-vessel traffic ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
usedFor entrance channel alignment ⓘ
harbor access ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tillamook Bay → hasNearbyLandmark → Tillamook Bay jetties ⓘ
Bayocean Peninsula → partOf → Tillamook Bay barrier system ⓘ
linked to: Tillamook Bay jetties