by CoastView | Jun 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Point Retreat is a headland with a historic lighthouse on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island, between Lynn Canal to the west and Saginaw Channel of Stephens Passage to the east, about 60 miles (97 km) south-southeast of Haines and 20 miles...
by CoastView | Jun 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Drew Point is located at the eastern entrance to Smith Bay on the Beaufort Sea and is formed by rapidly eroding permafrost and ice wedges at the edge of the Arctic Coastal Plain, about 81 miles (131 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 70 miles (113 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Jun 9, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Pillar Point is a prominent headland forming the northwestern shore of Half Moon Bay and providing partial protection for Pillar Point Harbor, and the site of Pillar Point Air Force Station and a famous surf location called Mavericks, about 20 miles (32 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
Hubbard Glacier originates from icefields at an elevation of around 11,000 feet (3,400 m) in the Centennial Range of the Saint Elias Mountains in Kluane National Park and Reserve and flows about 48 miles (77 km) to the Alaska border and then continues for another 28...
by CoastView | Jun 7, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Cape Falcon is a headland situated between Short Sand Beach in Smugglers Cove to the south and Cove Beach to the north, and is part of Oswald West State Park and adjacent to Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, about 23 miles (37 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 9 miles...
by CoastView | Jun 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
China Poot Creek starts at an elevation of about 3,500 feet (1,067 m) on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains and flows for 5.6 miles (9 km) to China Poot Lake, also called Leisure Lake, at an elevation of 168 feet (51 m), and then for another 0.9 miles (1.5 km)...