Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Template:Infobox protected area
The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is one of 15 marine sanctuaries administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Designated on May 11, 1994,[1] the sanctuary encompasses 3,189 square miles (2,408 sq nmi; 8,259 km2) of the Pacific Ocean along the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, from Cape Flattery in the north to the mouth of the Copalis River, a distance of about 162.5 miles (261.5 km).[2] Extending 25 to 40 miles (22 to 35 nmi; 40 to 64 km) from the shore, it includes most of the continental shelf, as well as parts of three important submarine canyons, the Nitinat Canyon, the Quinault Canyon, and the Juan de Fuca Canyon. For 64 miles (103 km) along the coast, the sanctuary shares stewardship with the Olympic National Park.[2] Sanctuary stewardship is also shared with the Hoh, Quileute, and Makah Tribes, as well as the Quinault Indian Nation.[3] The sanctuary overlays the Flattery Rocks, Quillayute Needles, and Copalis Rock National Wildlife Refuges.[4]
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ "Sanctuary Designations & Expansions". https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/about/designations.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmapping - ↑ Matsumoto, Kendall (February 2022). "Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: A Makah Tribal Leader Seeks Solutions to an Ocean Out of Balance". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/feb22/makah-ocean-out-of-balance.html.
- ↑ "Sanctuary Fact Sheet". Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/AboutUs/factsheet.html.
External links
Template:Protected Areas of Washington Template:National marine sanctuaries of the United States
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 158: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pages with reference errors
- Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- Protected areas of Clallam County, Washington
- Protected areas of Grays Harbor County, Washington
- Protected areas of Jefferson County, Washington
- National Marine Sanctuaries of the United States
- Protected areas established in 1994
- 1994 establishments in Washington (state)