by CoastView | Jul 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Grewingk Glacier starts in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally northwest for 11 miles (18 km) to a proglacial lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long that is drained by Grewingk Creek that flows 3.5 miles (6 km) to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Beaver Point is a prominent headland in Ruckle Provincial Park on the southeastern shore of Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands and at the northwestern end of Swanson Channel, about 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Sidney and 4 miles (6 km) east of...
by CoastView | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Limestone Inlet is 0.25 miles (0.4 km) wide and extends about 2 miles (3.2 km) into the Alaska mainland from the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, between Arthur Peak to the north and Webster Peak to the south, about 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Sitka and 25 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, and the site of the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The harbor and...
by CoastView | Jul 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Salinas River starts in the central California Coast Ranges and drains a watershed of 2.7 million acres (1 million ha), flowing 175 miles (282 km) generally northwest to Monterey Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of Monterey and 3 miles (5 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Ford Arm is an embayment about 0.3 miles (483 m) across and 4 miles (6.5 km) long, on the west coast of Chichagof Island, about 44 miles (71 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (44 km) south-southeast of Pelican, Alaska. Ford Arm was named in 1897 by Lieutenant...
