by CoastView | Mar 16, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Square Rock is a marble pillar formed by an eroding sea stack situated about 200 feet (60 m) offshore from the eastern end of Bluff Cliffs on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula in Norton Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Nome and 18 miles (29 km) west of...
by CoastView | Mar 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Uganik Fisheries is a historical salmon cannery on the north shore of Northeast Arm in Uganik Bay about 1.3 miles (2 km) southeast of Starr Point on the northwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (237 km) south-southwest of Homer and 35 miles (56 km) west of...
by CoastView | Mar 14, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Ma-le’l Dunes are a National Natural Landmark situated between the Mad River Slough and the Pacific Ocean at the base of the Samoa Peninsula that partially encloses the northern part of Humboldt Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Manila and 3.5 miles (5.6 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Northeast Cape is a headland formed by the Kinipaghulghat Mountains at the far eastern end of Saint Lawrence Island, between Kangighsak Point to the west and Cape Seevooka to the east on the north coast of the island and Apavawook Cape on the south coast, about 133...
by CoastView | Mar 10, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Pysht River originates near Ellis Mountain on the Olympic Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 16 miles (26 km), draining a watershed of 29,632 acres (11,992 ha), to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Pillar Point, about 31 miles (50 km) west-northwest of Port...
by CoastView | Mar 9, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Fritz Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that starts from a watershed divide between Lookout Mountain to the south and Bald Mountain to the north and flows generally south for 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast...