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Jabbertown, Point Hope

Jabbertown, Point Hope

by CoastView | Jan 15, 2021 | ALASKA, BEACHES, COMMUNITIES, HISTORICAL, January 2021

Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tigara, Alaska. The whaling station was shown on a chart in 1898, and the name is...
Dillon Beach, Bodega Bay

Dillon Beach, Bodega Bay

by CoastView | Jan 14, 2021 | BEACHES, CALIFORNIA, COMMUNITIES, EMBAYMENTS, HISTORICAL, January 2021

New Dungeness Light, Dungeness Spit

New Dungeness Light, Dungeness Spit

by CoastView | Jan 12, 2021 | BEACHES, COASTAL FEATURES, HISTORICAL, LIGHTHOUSES, WASHINGTON

The New Dungeness Light is located on Dungeness Spit on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. New Dungeness Spit is a sandbar barely visible from a...
Sealing Point, Cape Krusenstern

Sealing Point, Cape Krusenstern

by CoastView | Jan 9, 2021 | ALASKA, BEACHES, COASTAL FEATURES, January 2021, PARKS

A sealing observation tower used seasonally by hunters is at the tip of Cape Krusenstern, about 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Kivalina and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. Observation towers are used for locating open water where seals congregate, and...
Point Hope, Chukchi Sea

Point Hope, Chukchi Sea

by CoastView | Dec 30, 2020 | ALASKA, BEACHES, COASTAL FEATURES, COMMUNITIES, December 2020, HEADLANDS, HISTORICAL

Point Hope Peninsula is a prominent point of land extending west for 13 miles (21 km) from the mouth of the Kukpuk River on the Cape Lisburne peninsula into the Chukchi Sea, about 320 miles (516 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 151 miles (244 km) northwest of Kotzebue,...
Rabbit Creek, Imik Lagoon

Rabbit Creek, Imik Lagoon

by CoastView | Dec 18, 2020 | ALASKA, BEACHES, December 2020, EMBAYMENTS, PARKS, RIVERS, Shelter Cabin

Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) to the Chukchi Sea south of Imik Lagoon, about 96 miles (155 km) southeast of Point Hope and 53 miles (85 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The name is a translation of the Iñupiat...
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