by CoastView | Jun 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Surf Beach is within Vandenberg Space Force Base and extends south-southwest for about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) from the mouth of the Santa Ynez River estuary to Spring Canyon, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Pismo Beach and 9 miles (14.5 km) west-northwest of Lompoc,...
by CoastView | Jun 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Kashteen Peninsula is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve on the eastern shore of Icy Bay, between Tsaa Fjord to the south and Guyot Fjord to the north, and is emerging from under the retreating Guyot Glacier, about 149 miles (240 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Mary D. Hume sank in 1984 on the south bank of the Rogue River during a restoration effort to convert the vessel to a museum ship for the Curry County Historical Society and now rests on the bottom in shallow water with a portion of the hull and superstructure exposed...
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Waterfalls
Salt Lagoon is situated at the southwestern base of the Spiller Range on Porcher Island and is connected by a tidal channel 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long to Porcher Inlet that extends 11 miles (81 km) from the south and nearly bisects the island, about 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
West Dock Causeway was constructed in the Beaufort Sea between Gwydyr Bay to the west and Prudhoe Bay to the east in support of oil exploration and to access a seawater treatment facility 2.5 miles (4.3 km) north from the mainland, about 59 miles (95 km) northeast of...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Guyot Glacier starts from an elevation of about 6,700 feet (2,042 m) on the eastern flank of Yaga Peak in the Robinson Mountains and flows generally east-southeast for 34 miles (55 km) to its terminus just south of the Guyot Hills on the western shore of Icy Bay in...
