by CoastView | May 10, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Blacks Island is situated at the confluence of the Smith River and the Umpqua River, on the historic spur line of the Southern Pacific Railroad connecting Eugene with Coos Bay, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of Gardiner and 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Reedsport,...
by CoastView | May 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Tutka Bay is a deglaciated fjord that extends 8.5 miles (14 km) in Kachemak Bay State Park from Eldred Passage to the mouth of an unnamed river that flows generally west-northwest for 7 miles (11 km) from small remnants of the Southern Glacier, about 18 miles (29 km)...
by CoastView | May 8, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Port Edward is a community located on the eastern shore of Porpoise Harbour on the Tsimpsean Peninsula near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 98 miles (158 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 9 miles (15 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The town site was...
by CoastView | May 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
The North Warning System at Barter Island is a long-range radar facility on the Beaufort Sea coast, situated between Arey Lagoon to the west and Kaktovik Lagoon to the east and adjacent to the village of Kaktovik, about 273 miles (440 km) northwest of Inuvik,...
by CoastView | May 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Whale Passage is a waterway about 10 miles (16 km) long and the site of a historic logging camp, situated between Thorne Island to the east and Prince of Wales Island to the west, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Wrangell and 11 miles (18 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | May 5, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Cape Mendocino is a major headland on the Lost Coast and the westernmost point in California, situated between Bear River to the north and Mattole River to south, about 210 miles (338 km) northwest of San Francisco, and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Eureka,...
