by CoastView | Feb 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Communities, Developments, February 2023, Historical, Natural History, Shipwrecks
SS Palo Alto is a shipwreck that now serves as an artificial reef for marine life at Seacliff State Beach on the northern coast of Monterey Bay, about 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east of Santa Cruz and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) southwest of Aptos, California. Palo Alto was a tanker...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amakdedori Creek drains a watershed of 17,781 acres (7,196 ha) on the eastern flank of the Aleutian Range and flows southeast for 10 miles (16 km) to Kamishak Bay, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Augustine Island, and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 1, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2023, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Shipwrecks
New Carissa was a freighter 639 feet (195 m) in length that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of the community of North Bend, Oregon. The U.S. Navy set explosives on the ship to...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, January 2023, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
The Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, also known as the Fishing Hole, is located on the Homer Spit, a peninsula projecting 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast from the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Seldovia and 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of Homer,...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, January 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Crescent River is formed by the junction of the North Fork and Lake Fork tributaries, and flows southeast for 12 miles (19 km) to the northern shore of Tuxedni Bay near the entrance on the western coast of Cook Inlet, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Homer and 51...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Islands, January 2023, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Destruction Island is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge, located 3.5 miles (6 km) offshore from the Olympic Peninsula, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Port Angeles and 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of La Push, Washington. Quillayute...
