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, Deschutes County. Cline Falls are on the Deschutes River about four miles west of Redmond. The McKenzie Highway crosses the river just south of the falls. They were named for Dr. C. A. Cline, a well-known dentist of Redmond, who owned the falls. Cline Buttes just southwest of the falls received their name from the same source.

, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. Cloud Cap is the highest point on the east rim of Crater Lake, and has an elevation of 8070 feet above sea level and 1893 feet above the water of the lake. It received this somewhat fanciful name from J. S. Diller of the United States Geological Survey because of its high dome.

, Curry County. This point is about three miles south of Port Orford and just north of Humbug Mountain. It is immediately north of Brush Creek. It is presumed that Coal Point is the one mentioned by George Davidson in the United States Coast Survey Coast Pilot for 1869, which he says was named because of the reported existence of coal in the vicinity, but he could find none after careful examination.

. Mountains close to the sea are characteristic of almost the entire eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. From Bering Sea to Cape Horn ranges of varying heights are constantly visible from the ocean, and Oregon is no exception to the rule.

The term Coast Range does not seem to have been used by early explorers in the Oregon country, and the name was doubtless developed by the pioneer settlers. Between the Columbia River and Siuslaw River the Coast Range is rather well defined, particularly west of the Willamette Valley, but from the Siuslaw south, the Coast Range gradually merges with spurs from the Cascade Range until fiinally both are consolidated with the Klamath Mountains, whose name is used by geologists in re-