Jump Off Joe (Newport, Oregon)

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Jump Off Joe was a 100-foot-tall sea stack geological formation composed of middle Miocene concretionary sandstone[1] at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon, United States. It was a well-known tourist attraction before World War I.[2] It formed sometime before the 1880s when it was connected to the mainland, and was a major impediment walking the beach.[2] Early travelers would have to jump off the side to get over it, hence the name. Early writers claimed the site was connected with Native American mythology.[2] Natural forces separated it from the mainland in the 1890s, and its large arch collapsed in 1916.[2] Nothing remains of the structure today.[2]

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  1. ^ USGS Erosion of a Sea Stack Over 100 Years
  2. ^ a b c d e Historic Photo Archive - Jump Off Joe, Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon, ca. 1903

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