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Kiukpalik Island, Shelikof Strait

Kiukpalik Island, Shelikof Strait

by CoastView | Feb 26, 2021 | ALASKA, February 2021, HISTORICAL, ISLANDS, PARKS

Kiukpalik Island is 1.3 miles (2 km) long and 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) offshore from the Alaska Peninsula in Shelikof Strait, about 112 miles (181 km) east of King Salmon and 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The island is part of...
Little Boston, Point Julia

Little Boston, Point Julia

by CoastView | Feb 23, 2021 | COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPMENTS, February 2021, HISTORICAL, WASHINGTON

Little Boston is a community at the base of Point Julia on the east side of Port Gamble Bay, an inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula near the entrance to Hood Canal, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Seattle and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Port Townsend, Washington....
Kookoolik, Saint Lawrence Island

Kookoolik, Saint Lawrence Island

by CoastView | Feb 20, 2021 | ALASKA, COMMUNITIES, February 2021, HISTORICAL, ISLANDS, Shelter Cabin

Kookoolik is a historical community, also known as Kukulik, located on Cape Kookoolik on the northern coast of Saint Lawrence Island, about 160 miles (258 km)  southwest of Nome and 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Savoonga, Alaska. Kookoolik was one of a number of Saint...
Kuliak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Kuliak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve

by CoastView | Feb 19, 2021 | ALASKA, EMBAYMENTS, February 2021, HISTORICAL, PARKS

Kuliak Bay is about 4 miles (6.5 km) wide at the mouth and extends northwest for 5 miles (8 km) from Shelikof Strait in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 92 miles (148 km) southeast of King Salmon and 74 miles (119 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The bay was...
Campbell Creek, Turnagain Arm

Campbell Creek, Turnagain Arm

by CoastView | Feb 15, 2021 | ALASKA, COASTAL FEATURES, February 2021, HISTORICAL, RIVERS

Campbell Creek is formed by the North and South Forks and flows southwest for 10 miles (16 km) from the Chugach Mountains through the city of Anchorage to Campbell Lake, and then enters Turnagain Arm about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Potter and 6.5 miles (10.5 km)...
Ipiutak, Point Hope

Ipiutak, Point Hope

by CoastView | Feb 10, 2021 | ALASKA, COASTAL FEATURES, COMMUNITIES, February 2021, HEADLANDS, HISTORICAL

lpiutak is a prehistorical culture located on Point Hope, about 133 miles (215 km) southwest of Point Lay and 1 mile (1.6 km)  northwest of New Tigara, also known as Tikiġaq or the village of Point Hope, Alaska. Ipiutak is the present-day Iñupiat name for an early...
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