by CoastView | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Black Bear Creek is situated on the southwest coast of the Cleveland Peninsula and starts at an elevation of 493 feet from the outlet of Bear Lake and flows generally northwest for 6 miles (10 km) through the Tongass National Forest to Union Bay, about 52 miles (84...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Garcia River starts at an elevation of 856 feet (261 m) and flows generally northwest for 44 miles (71 km), draining a watershed of 92,160 acres (37,296 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean north of Point Arena Lighthouse at Manchester State Park, about 34 miles (55 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Amak is a volcanic island situated in the Bering Sea that measures about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) longitudinally, about 172 miles (277 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Cold Bay, Alaska. The name was first...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Anacortes ferry terminal is located at Ship Harbor, an embayment on the northwestern shore of Fidalgo Island and the southern shore of Guemes Channel, about 85 miles (137 km) north of Seattle and 3.7 miles (6 km) west of the community of Anacortes, Washington. In...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Tutka River starts from an elevation of about 2800 feet (853 m) on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains and flows generally west to the head of Tutka Bay, a fjord on the southern coast of Kachemak Bay, about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Homer and 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Osland was once an active fishing and boatbuilding community on the east coast of Smith Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 68 miles (109 km) southwest of Terrace and 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The community is at...
