by CoastView | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Ozette is a historical Makah village situated at Cape Alava, the westernmost point of the Olympic Peninsula, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of La Push and 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. Cape Alava was named for José Manuel de Álava...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Hastings Arm extends north from Observatory Inlet for 14 miles (23 km) into the Coast Mountains and ends at the mouth of the Kshwan River, about 23 miles (37 km) south-southeast of Stewart and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia. Hastings Arm was...
by CoastView | Feb 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Dakavak Bay is about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) wide and situated on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve where it extends north from Shelikof Strait for about 3 miles (5 km), about 87 miles (140 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and...
by CoastView | Feb 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aialik Glacier flows southeast for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains to tidewater at Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 66 miles (106 km) east-northeast of Homer and 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Table Bluff is a promontory and coastal plateau less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide with an elevation of 163 feet (50 m) located about 19 miles (31 km) north-northeast of Cape Mendocino at the base of South Spit that encloses the southern portion of Humboldt Bay, about 9...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Friday Harbor is a community at the head of a protected embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, the second-largest island after Orcas Island and most populous in the San Juan archipelago, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Victoria and 18 miles (29 km)...
