by CoastView | Nov 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Sea stacks are a common feature on the Gulf of Alaska coast, particularly along the Alaska Peninsula and the Eastern Aleutian Islands, about 200 miles (323 km) southwest of Sand Point and 64 miles (103 km) east-northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Tigalda Island is in...
by CoastView | Nov 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Historical
Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tikiġaq or Tigara, Alaska. The whaling station was shown on a chart in 1898, and the...
by CoastView | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Nunam Iqua is a small community on Sheldon Point, located on the left bank of Kwemeluk Pass in the Yukon River delta, about 157 miles (253 km) northwest of Bethel and 12.4 miles (20 km) south-southwest of Alakanuk, Alaska. Nunam Iqua is a Yup’ik name meaning...
by CoastView | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Best of 2023, Coastal Features, Parks
A sealing observation tower used seasonally by Iñupiat hunters is at the tip of Cape Krusenstern, about 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Kivalina and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. Observation towers are used for locating open water where seals...
by CoastView | Nov 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Best of 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kustatan is a historical Dena’ina community on West Foreland, on the west side of Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kustatan River, about 71 miles (115 km) southwest of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Kenai, Alaska. The last syllable ‘tan’...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Mekoryuk is a community situated at the western entrance to Shoal Bay on the northern shore of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, about 153 miles (246 km) west-southwest of Bethel and 80 miles (129 km) south of Hooper Bay, Alaska. Mekoryuk is the only community on the...
