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Clover Point, Ross Bay

Clover Point, Ross Bay

by CoastView | Mar 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks

Clover Point is a park of about 10 acres (4 ha) owned by the City of Victoria located between Ross Bay to the east and Finlayson Bay to the west at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Oak Bay and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southeast of...
Cowell Ranch Beach, Half Moon Bay

Cowell Ranch Beach, Half Moon Bay

by CoastView | Mar 30, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks

Cowell Ranch Beach is at the southern end of Half Moon Bay near the ghost town of Purissima, and the northern boundary of the historical Cowell Ranch, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of the community of Half Moon Bay,...
Tahsis, Tahsis Inlet

Tahsis, Tahsis Inlet

by CoastView | Mar 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Tahsis is a community on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the head of Tahsis Inlet which is the northern arm of Nootka Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) south-southeast of Port McNeill and 30 miles (48 km) west-northwest of Gold River, British Columbia. The name is...
Lawrence Glacier, Blackstone Bay

Lawrence Glacier, Blackstone Bay

by CoastView | Mar 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks

Lawrence Glacier starts from several cirques situated at the northern extent of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of roughly 3,000 feet (915 m) and flows generally northwest for 2.4 miles (4 km) to within a few hundred feet of tidewater at the south end of Willard...
Tukrok River, Cape Krusenstern

Tukrok River, Cape Krusenstern

by CoastView | Mar 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins

Tukrok River flows generally east-southeast for 7 miles (11 km) from Krusenstern Lagoon to Kotzebue Sound in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 166 miles (268 km) northeast of Wales and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. In the IƱupiat language,...
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