by CoastView | Mar 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
George Island is the largest of the George Islands located at the entrance to Port Althorp, between the Inian and Althorp Peninsulas on northern Chichagof Island and on the southern coast of Cross Sound, about 28 miles (45 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (45...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Tijuana River drains a watershed of 1.1 million acres (450,000 ha) starting from the Sierra de Juárez of northern Baja California and flowing generally west-northwest for 120 miles (195 km) to the Pacific Ocean at the southern city limits of Imperial Beach, about 11...
by CoastView | Mar 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Mines, Rivers
Baird Glacier starts in the Stikine Icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains near the Alaska-British Columbia border, and flows generally southwest for 24 miles (39 km) to its terminus at an outwash plain 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the head of Thomas Bay,...
by CoastView | Mar 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Umpqua River flows generally west-northwest for 111 miles (179 km), draining a watershed of 2.4 million acres (1 million ha), from the Cascade Mountains through the Coast Range to Winchester Bay in the Oregon Dunes, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Coos Bay and 5.5...
by CoastView | Mar 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Little Tutka Bay is a tidal lagoon on the south side of Kachemak Bay, on the southern shore of the entrance to Tutka Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south of Homer and 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. The name ‘Tutka’ is from the Dena’ina...
by CoastView | Mar 17, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Waterfalls
Triumph Bay is a deglaciated fjord that extends south from the Alan Reach of Gardner Canal into the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains and forms an estuary at the mouth of the Triumph River, about 89 miles (143 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 42 miles (68 km)...
