| Stonewall Bank | |
|---|---|
| The Rock Pile | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USA_Oregon_relief_location_map.svg)  Stonewall Bank Stonewall Bank is located off the coast of Oregon | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean, near Newport, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 44°31′29″N 124°23′34″W / 44.52472°N 124.39278°W |
| Type | Bar |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 9 miles (14 km) |
| Max. width | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Max. depth | 160 metres (520 ft) |
Stonewall Bank, also, the Stonewall Bank Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas (YRCA)[1] is a bar, loosely southwest of Newport, Oregon, United States. Waldport and Yachats are also near.[2] It is 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Yaquina Bay Light, and 14 miles (23 km) offshore. Running north, Stonewall Bank is 9 miles (14 km) long and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide.[3] Locally, Stonewall Bank is known as the Rock Pile, has good fishing for salmon, black rockfish and flatfish.[4]
It is split by a rocky channel, which was a seaward extension of the Yaquina River, when sea level was lower than today.[5] Stonewall Bank runs from sea level to 160 metres (520 ft) deep,[6] if more technically, its shallowest water is 7 metres (23 ft) deep.[7]
- ^ "Stonewall Bank YRCA" (PDF).
- ^ "Stonewall Bank, topographic map".
- ^ "U.S. Coast Pilot 7, Chapter 9" (PDF). defense.gov.
- ^ "Yaquina Bay".
- ^ Yeats, Robert S. "Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest". Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Station 46050 (LLNR 641) - STONEWALL BANK - 20NM West of Newport, OR".
- ^ Moum, J.N. "Topographically Induced Drag and Mixing at a Small Bank on the Continental Shelf". AMS Journals. Retrieved 2020-12-22.