At high tide പസഫിക് സമുദ്രം seems to sink into a circular hole on the Oregon coast, at Cape Perpetua Promontory. It looks like an opening in the ocean that can suck വെള്ളം to the center of the Earth, so much so that someone called it the drainpipe of the Pacific. While others have found കൂടുതൽ ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ names, such as the gate to hell and Thor ' s Well. അതു കൃത്യമായി by the latter പേര് ഈ വിചിത്രമായ rock formation of the west coast of the United States is most commonly known.