Nestucca Bay

45°10′N 123°58′W Nestucca Bay is a bay formed by the confluence of the Nestucca River and the Pacific Ocean in northwest Oregon in the United States.^[1] It is near the town of Pacific City, which is in southwestern Tillamook County, about 12 miles (19 km) south of Cape Lookout.^[2] The bay is a bar-built estuary and totals 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) in area.^[3]

Nestucca Bay aerial view from the north

The Nestucca and Little Nestucca rivers enter the bay.^[2] The bay is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Nestucca Spit which includes Bob Straub State Park.^[2] A part of Nestucca Bay is included in the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

References

1. "Nestucca Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 26. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
3. Advisory Committee to the State Land Board (August 1972). "An Inventory of Filled Lands in Nestucca River Estuary" (PDF). Oregon State University Scholars Archive. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-03-24.

External links

• "Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
• "Crabbing and Clamming in Nestucca Bay". Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.