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Kustatan, West Foreland

Kustatan, West Foreland

by CoastView | Jan 11, 2021 | ALASKA, COMMUNITIES, HEADLANDS, HISTORICAL, January 2021

Kustatan is a historical Dena’ina community on the south shore of the West Foreland in Cook Inlet, about 71 miles (115 km) southwest of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Kenai, Alaska. The last syllable “tan” in the name means point or...
Octopus Point, Sansum Narrows

Octopus Point, Sansum Narrows

by CoastView | Jan 10, 2021 | BRITISH COLUMBIA, COASTAL FEATURES, HEADLANDS, HISTORICAL, January 2021

Octopus Point is a headland in Sansum Narrows on the east coast of Vancouver Island, about 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Vancouver and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Maple Bay, British Columbia. Sansum Narrows is a passage between Vancouver Island and Saltspring Island...
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,...
Año Nuevo Dunes, Año Nuevo State Park

Año Nuevo Dunes, Año Nuevo State Park

by CoastView | Dec 10, 2020 | BEACHES, CALIFORNIA, COASTAL FEATURES, December 2020, HEADLANDS, PARKS

Tignagvik Point, Rocky Cove

Tignagvik Point, Rocky Cove

by CoastView | Nov 23, 2020 | ALASKA, COASTAL FEATURES, HEADLANDS, November 2020

Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. The Alutiiq name was first published in 1915 by the...
Marrowstone Point, Admiralty Inlet

Marrowstone Point, Admiralty Inlet

by CoastView | Nov 17, 2020 | HEADLANDS, ISLANDS, LIGHTHOUSES, November 2020, WASHINGTON

Go to Marrowstone Point Marrowstone Point is a low broad spit on the north shore of Marrowstone Island that marks the entrance to Port Townsend Bay from Admiralty Inlet, about 38 miles (61 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Port Townsend,...
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