Heceta Head
Heceta Head (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".) is a headland that stands Script error: No such module "convert". above the Pacific Ocean in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The Heceta Head Light is located on its south side. Heceta Head is named after a Basque explorer under Spanish commission, Bruno de Heceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1770s.[1] The headland marks the end of a lower-lying stretch of the coastline to the south dominated by sand dunes; the coastline to the north is more varied.[2] Devils Elbow is the bay south of the headland at the mouth of Cape Creek, and with the headland formed Devils Elbow State Park, which is now part of Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint.[3][4]
Historic structures
Heceta Head Light, the assistant lightkeepers’ house, and two bridges located near the headland are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Big Creek Bridge brings U.S. Route 101 across Big Creek, about Script error: No such module "convert". north of the headland. Cape Creek Bridge carries U.S. 101 across Cape Creek, just south of the headland.
Heceta Head Light, a lighthouse, is Script error: No such module "convert". up the headland. Built in 1894, the Script error: No such module "convert". lighthouse shines a beam visible for Script error: No such module "convert". out to sea, making it the strongest light on the Oregon Coast.[4]
Geology
Heceta Head is the ending point of an ancient lava flow from the Columbia River Basalt Group.
References
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External links
- Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, at Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
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