by CoastView | Nov 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Oldmans Bay is about 3 miles (4.8 km) across, located on the southwestern coast of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet, 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Homer and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of Kenai, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1958 by the U.S. Geological...
by CoastView | Nov 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Egg Island is about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) across, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Cape Sedanka and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Old Man Rocks in the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Archipelago, 20 miles (32 km) east-southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The name is a...
by CoastView | Nov 16, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Rivers
Arroyo de Los Frijoles Beach and Pebble Beach are in Bean Hollow State Park, located 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Pescadero, California. The name Bean Hollow is from the translation of Cañada Del Frijol which was applied in...
by CoastView | Nov 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Shipwrecks
lgalik Island is an arctic barrier island and the easternmost of the Plover Islands, 2.5 miles (4 km) long, at the entrance to Dease Inlet, 36 miles (58 km) east-southeast of Utqiagvik, Alaska. The Iñupiat name was reported in 1910 by Leffingwell to mean...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2022 | 2022, Communities, Historical, Oregon
Nesika Beach is a community located at the south end of the Nesika strand, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Gold Beach and 4 miles (6 km) south-southeast of Ophir, Oregon. The community and beach are named after the Native American word for “our”. In 1854, John and...
by CoastView | Nov 13, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Kachemak
Yukon Island is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, located on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Homer, Alaska. The island was named by William Healey Dall in 1880 for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey schooner Yukon. The island is heavily...
