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Fort Ross Cove (look only)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: (observe only) Russian-era to doghole-era material.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1812-1908

NOAA doghole survey + the protected SS Pomona wreck site; artifacts documented archaeologically.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Sleeper waves

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