by CoastView | Sep 18, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Seal-Island.mp3 Seal Island, located in Prince William Sound, is an uninhabited and forested landmass approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Knight Island and...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PointWoronzof.mp3 Point Woronzof is a headland in Cook Inlet on the southern coast of Knik Arm, located 4 miles (6.5 km) west of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The point was named in 1794 by...
by CoastView | Sep 16, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Point-Spencer.mp3 Point Spencer is located at the northern tip of a spit approximately 19 miles (31 km) long, situated between the Bering Sea and Port Clarence on the Seward Peninsula, about...
by CoastView | Sep 15, 2025 | 2025, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ophir.mp3 Ophir is a small community situated on Euchre Creek in Curry County, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream from the Pacific Ocean and about 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of the...
by CoastView | Sep 14, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Millers-Landing.mp3 Millers Landing is located on the north shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, approximately 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska. The local name was first...
