by CoastView | Sep 23, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Developments, Embayments
Niblack is a historic mining community at the head of Niblack Anchorage, an estuary that extends west for 2.5 miles (4 km) off Moira Sound, on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Ketchikan and 28 miles (45 km) southeast...
by CoastView | Sep 21, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands
Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. The Alutiiq name was first published in 1915 by the...
by CoastView | Sep 19, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Shelter Cabins
Akeonik is a shelter cabin and historically a reindeer station at the northern end of Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea coast at Icy Cape, about 50 miles (81 km) southwest of Wainwright and 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Point Lay, Alaska. Throughout the mid to late...
by CoastView | Sep 19, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Embayments, Natural History, Waterfalls
Jackpot Bay is a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula that extends west for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from Dangerous Passage, about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Seward and 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska. The name was used by fishermen and reported in 1897 by...
by CoastView | Sep 18, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Developments
The Willow Prospect is an oilfield development project on leased federal lands within the Bear Tooth Unit of the National Petroleum Reserve, about 118 miles (190 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska. The U.S. Geological...
by CoastView | Sep 16, 2023 | 2020, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments
Ursus Cove is an embayment about 6 miles (10 km) across, on the northwest coast of Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. In 1904, the local name for the bay was Bear Cove according to G.C....