by CoastView | Mar 1, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PortHeiden.mp3 Port HeidenĀ is an embayment on the northern coast of the Alaska Peninsula that extends 9 miles (14 km) south-east from Bristol Bay between Strogonof Point and the community of...
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2026, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GrewingkCreek.mp3 Grewingk Creek drains a glaciated watershed of 29,138 acres (11,792 ha) and flows northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the terminus lake of the retreating Grewingk Glacier...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2026, Historical, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LituyaBay.mp3 Lituya Bay is a fjord on the outer coast of Southeast Alaska in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 97 miles (156 km) south-east of Yakutat and 70 miles (113 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2026, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TerrorBay.mp3 Terror Bay lies on Kodiak Island’s northern coast and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Best of 2023, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ElfinCove.mp3 Elfin Cove is an embayment extending south from Cross Sound for 1 mile (1.6 km), narrowing to just over 100 feet (30 m) on the western shore of the Inian Peninsula at Chichagof...
by CoastView | Feb 20, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, February 2026, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DangerousCape.mp3 Dangerous Cape is a headland rising 66 feet (20 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula, at the northern entrance to Port Graham near the mouth of Kachemak Bay, about 22 miles (35...
