by CoastView | Jan 2, 2025 | 2025, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Arguello is a prominent headland and the site of Vandenberg Space Launch Complex, as well as a historical cattle ranch, lighthouse station, and a Loran station, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Lompoc,...
by CoastView | Jan 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Hutchins Bay is on the eastern shore of Glacier Bay, partially surrounding the Beardslee Islands, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 155 miles (249 km) southeast of Yakutat and 8 miles (13 km) north of Gustavus, Alaska. The bay was named by the U.S....
by CoastView | Dec 31, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
South Beach is a state park south of the jetty protecting the mouth of Yaquina Bay and extending for 1 mile (1.6 km) along the Pacific coast, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Waldport and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Newport, Oregon. The beach continues south...
by CoastView | Dec 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Metlakatla is a Tsimshian community situated on Port Chester, an embayment on the west coast of Annette Island, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Port Chester was named for Commander Colby M....
by CoastView | Dec 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Vancouver is a coastal seaport located on the Burrard Peninsula in the Fraser River Delta, between Burrard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south, about 60 miles (97 km) north-northeast of Victoria and 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Nanaimo, British...