by CoastView | Aug 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
Black Reef is on the west shore of Cook Inlet about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore between North Head and Knoll Head on a peninsula between Iliamna Bay and Iniskin Bay, and the site of the SS Farallon shipwreck, about 130 miles (209 km) northeast of King Salmon and 71...
by CoastView | Aug 13, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Prince Rupert is a port community on Kaien Island, just north of the mouth of the Skeena River, and linked by a short bridge to the British Columbia mainland, about 465 miles (748 km) northwest of Vancouver and 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Islands, Rivers
Tyonek is a historical Dena’ina Athabascan community situated on a bluff on the northwest shore of Cook Inlet, about 43 miles (69 km) west-southwest of Anchorage and 35 miles (56 km) north of Kenai, Alaska. The village name is derived from the word Tyone meaning...
by CoastView | Aug 11, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks, Rivers
Skagway is a community at the mouth of the Skagway River, near the head of Taiya Inlet, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Juneau and 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of Haines, Alaska. The town is named after the Skagway River that leads to White Pass. The name...
by CoastView | Aug 10, 2024 | 2024, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Sea Caves
Point Arena is a narrow headland about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long with a historical lighthouse that marks a significant change in the orientation of the Mendocino Coast, about 34 miles (55 km) south of Fort Bragg and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the community of Point...
by CoastView | Aug 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses
Cape Sarichef is located at the southwestern end of Unimak Island, at the northwestern entrance to Unimak Pass on the Bering Sea coast, and on the northwest flank of Pogromni Volcano, about 80 miles (129 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 63 miles (101 km)...
