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Quileute Canyon (also Quillayute Canyon) is a submarine canyon, off of Washington state, United States.[1]
It is just north of Quinault Canyon.[2]
Quileute Canyon is offshore, from both La Push and Forks. Quillayute River pours into the Pacific Ocean, onshore, near Rialto Beach, and Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge is also near, onshore. The Quileute Indian Reservation is near, onshore.
As of September 2017, the area is being explored.[3]
Large sponges and large jellyfish have been found, living there.[3]
All of the following submarine canyons are near, headed north to south:[4][5]