Yaquina Bay is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km2 (3.2 mi2) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage. The Bay is traversed by the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
A June 1990 aerial photo of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon
A steamboat leaves Yaquina Bay in 1910
Recreational boats on Yaquina Bay in January 2004
Yaquina Bay jetties in February 2013
Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868. Newport was named for Newport, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 9,989, an increase of nearly 5% over its 2000 population; as of 2019, it had an estimated population of 10,853.
Port of Newport and Yaquina Bay Bridge (U.S. Route 101)
Harbor in Yaquina Bay, Newport
Newport bayfront as seen in the mid-1910s
Yaquina Bay Light