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Editing some old photos I didn't find interesting a few years ago:
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I'm supposing whoever was responsible for naming was having a bad time ...

A snippet from the history of Cape Disappointment:

Just inside the cliffs of Cape Disappointment lies Deadman’s Cove, a sheltered inlet with a haunting past. Its name is tied to the 1853 wreck of the bark Vandalia, which struck the Columbia Bar. Dozens of sailors lost their lives in the accident, and local accounts say that bodies washed ashore into this small cove.

The cove’s dangerous currents and isolation have added to its ominous reputation. Some visitors even claim the waters carry an unsettling silence, broken only by waves echoing off the cliffs. Whether through legend or fact, the name has endured as a memorial to the lives lost in what sailors grimly called the “Graveyard of the Pacific.”
 
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