by CoastView | Feb 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical
Bainbridge Glacier starts on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows generally east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47 miles (76 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 36 miles (58 km) east of Seward, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Waterfalls
Rookery Falls is located on the northern shore of Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Anchorage and 1.7 miles (1.9 km) north-northeast of Whittier, Alaska. The waterfall is about 200 feet (61 m) high and drains a small lake...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Cannery Cove is an embayment on the western shore of Pybus Bay in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness on the southern coast of Admiralty Island, about 70 miles (113 km) south of Juneau and 24 miles (39 km) north-northwest of Kake, Alaska. The name of the cove was first...
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
North Entrance is a channel connecting Big Salt Lake to Shinaku Inlet at the head of San Alberto Bay on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, about 66 miles (106 km) south-southwest of Wrangell and 5 miles (8 km) north of Klawock, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, February 2025, Glaciers, Land Use
Cape Suckling is an area of wave eroded rocky reefs backed by dunes and farther inland, the Suckling Hills and the terminus of the Bering Glacier, about 150 miles (241 km) west-northwest of Yakutat and 73 miles (117 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The cape and hills...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Canoe Passage is a State of Alaska Marine Park of 2,507 acres (1,015 ha) that includes both shores of a small boat passage that trends northwest-southeast and bisects Hawkins Island, located in southeastern Prince William Sound, about 44 miles (71 km) south-southeast...
