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 caino's voyage, see under CAPE BLANCO. Cape Sebastian is prominent from north or south, and rises abruptly from the sea to a height of about 700 feet. The style Cape San Sebastian is wrong for this feature and is not in accord with the name given by Davidson Capes. The first exploration of the Oregon country by white people was by the sea, and on account of presumed ease of identification, capes and promontories were sought after and named by the early navigators. Cape Blanco was the first geographical feature of the state to be named by a white man, although it is not at all certain what feature was originally so identified. For a period of nearly 200 years explorers carried on the work of naming the headlands of Oregon before the interior was touched upon. The history of the naming of the Oregon capes is therefore worthy of study, particularly in view of the fact that much uncertainty exists as to what some of the early navigators saw and named on their charts. In order that the matter may be understood, it is necessary to have a table of latitudes, shown below. This table gives the positions north of the equator of the important capes of the state, such positions being taken from the publications of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, except for that marked (a) which is scaled from reliable maps, and is approximate. The positions marked (lt) are for the lighthouses on the capes, and all others are for some important triangulation point on the cape, though not necessarily in the exact center, or on its most westward point. Cape North Latitude Point Adams.. 460 38" Tillamook Head ............ .45 Arch Cape ................ 10 Cape Falcon ................ (a) Neahkahnie Mountain ................... Cape Meares ...... .................. (lt) Cape Lookout. Cape Kiwanda. ............ Cascade Head ............ Cape Foulweather Yaquina Head .............. Cape Perpetua ............ Heceta Head Cape Arago ...... ................ Cape Arago ............. Coquille Point .................... (USG 52 Cape Blanco ........... ............. 14 Cape Sebastian .......... 40 Crook Point 07 Cape Ferrelo Cape Blanco is the most westward point in Oregon and its lighthouse is in west longitude 124° 33' 45". The most westward triangulation station on the cape is in longitude 124° 33' 50,"712 and is close to the edge of the cliff of the middle point. For detailed information on the above points see USC&GS Special Publication 175 and supplemental data. The table of latitudes given above will be of use in considering the discoveries on the Oregon coast, and will also indicate why it is impos........... 12 ......... .............. 仍历历4444仍仍仍归化 ​. 10 15 06 08