What are the Sea Lion Caves?

Sea Lion Caves is a connected system of sea caves and caverns open to the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. state of Oregon. They are located 11 miles (18 km) north of Florence on U.S. Highway 101, about midpoint on the 400 miles (640 km) Oregon Coast.

How were the Sea Lion Caves formed?

Eleven miles north of Florence on U.S. Highway 101 are the remains of an ice-age beach of seafloor basalt, where waves hit fracture zones in the hard basalt to carve what is now Sea Lion Caves, the world’s largest sea cave.

What is a sea cave for kids?

Sea caves are a hollow chamber in a coastal cliff, made by the pounding power of crashing waves. “Sea arches” and “sea stacks” are also carved from these rocky cliffs. Sea waves carry on both erosional and depositional activities .

Do sea lions live in caves?

Sea Lion Caves is America’s largest sea cave and the year-round home of the Steller sea lion, but sea lions are not always in the Cave. They are wild animals and we are not a zoo so these protected animals come and go as they please, as is their nature.

What to do in the Sea Lion Caves?

The Residents… The caves are a wild place, and the animals that live there are “nothing short of wild” too… Interactive Map… So many things to see and do in the area, historic lighthouses to visit, whales to watch…

How big is a baby sea lion?

Pups (baby sea lions) weigh about 13-20 pounds and are 2.5 feet long when they are born. Females can weigh between 200 and 400 pounds and can be up to 6.5 feet long. Male sea lions tend to be larger, weighing about 600 to 800 pounds and can be up to 8 feet long.

What are the facts about the cave lion?

Facts about Cave Lions 1: the evolution. The experts believe that the earlier Panthera leo fossils evolved into Panthera leo spelea or cave lion. It was spotted around 700,000 years ago in Europe. It disappeared from earth around 2,000 years ago. The scientists do not know the cause.

How long do sea lions live in captivity?

Female sea lions can eat 15-25 pounds of food every day. Sea Lions have external ear flaps, long fore-flippers, and short thick hair. They can walk on all four flippers. The life span for a sea lion is 25-35 years in captivity and 10-15 years in the wild. A mother sea lion is pregnant for 12 months.