by CoastView | Aug 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Jeanette Island is a barrier island about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, and one of McClure Islands on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 92 miles (148 km) west-northwest of Kaktovik and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Deadhorse, Alaska. Jeanette Island was named in 1881 by...
by CoastView | Aug 21, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Headlands, Washington
Fuca Pillar is a prominent rectangular sea stack on the west side of Cape Flattery, about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Port Renfrew and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The Fuca Pillar is named for Ioannis Phokas, better known by the Spanish...
by CoastView | Aug 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Beluga River starts at Beluga Lake and flows southeast for about 30 miles (48 km) to Cook Inlet, about 46 miles (74 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 35 miles (57 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska. Beluga Lake is principally formed by the meltwaters of the Triumvirate...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Natural History
James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands lying in Haro Strait, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the coast of Vancouver Island, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria, British Columbia. The island was named in 1858 by Captain George Henry Richards on the...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Point McIntyre is a low point of land at the west entrance to Prudhoe Bay, in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 120 miles (194 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska. The point was named by Ernest de Koven...
