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(Cascadia Subduction Zone) Tsunami Inundation Map for Coos STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Tsunami Inundation Map Coos-05 www.OregonGeology.org Tsunami Inundation Maps for Coos Bay - North Bend, Larry Givens, Governing Board Chair Coos County, Oregon Vicki S. McConnell, Director and State Geologist Local Source (Cascadia Subduction Zone) Tsunami Inundation Map Don W.T. Lewis, Assistant Director Plate 1 Rachel R. Lyles Smith, Project Operations Manager Coos Bay - North Bend, Oregon Ian P. Madin, Chief Scientist 2012 124°20'0"W 124°18'0"W 124°16'0"W 124°14'0"W 124°12'0"W L N TRANS-PACIFIC LN I C I F C A R O B I N R D - P 43°26'0"N S N D A R R T V E O C N N N L A D D O V E R W O J 100 S W A L L O W R D E A S T B A Y R D N orth B ay R FP D M Jordan A L L A R D L N Cove 43°26'0"N 101 R O S E M T N L N 100 C o o 25 City of North Bend 7 s E . C . 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