Jumpoff Joe, Sandstone sea stack at Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon, United States.
Jumpoff Joe was a sandstone sea stack at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon, rising about 100 feet from the beach. The formation consisted of consolidated sandstone from the Astoria Formation dating to the middle Miocene epoch.
The rock formed as a sandstone deposit during the middle Miocene epoch as part of ancient marine environments. Coastal erosion gradually wore it away during the 1900s until it disappeared completely by the 1990s.
The name comes from Joseph McLoughlin, who fell near the rock during an early trapping expedition in the settlement period. Local people knew this story and used the name to point out the location to visitors.
The site was formerly accessible at certain tides, but visitors should know the formation no longer exists today. The location can still be visited to understand how coastal erosion has shaped the Oregon shoreline.
The structure once contained an arch opening that collapsed in 1916 from natural weathering. This arch vanished decades before the entire formation disappeared, making it a feature few people today remember.
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