by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Point McIntyre is a low point of land at the west entrance to Prudhoe Bay, in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 120 miles (194 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska. The point was named by Ernest de Koven...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2025, Embayments, Glaciers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dawes-Glacier.mp3 Dawes Glacier originates from the Stikine Icefield near the Alaska-Canada boundary and flows northwest for 20 miles (32 km) to tidewater in Endicott Arm, about 100 miles (161...
by CoastView | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Hatcheries
Kitoi Bay is a cove about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, located on the west side of Izhut Bay on the southeast coast of Afognak Island, about 105 miles (169 km) southwest of Homer and 28 miles (45 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska. The local name is derived from the Russian...
by CoastView | Aug 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Rivers
Bird Creek starts in the Chugach Mountains and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to Turnagain Arm, about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Anchorage and 12 miles (19 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska. The creek name was used by local miners and first reported in 1900 by...
by CoastView | Aug 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical
Golden is a historical mining community on Port Wells, a fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Valdez and 27 miles (44 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska. Port Wells was named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal...
by CoastView | Aug 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Headlands, Historical
Cape Fanshaw is a low wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Cape Fanshaw Light is at the point on a skeleton tower with daymarks 33 feet (10...
