by CoastView | Jun 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Parks, Rivers
Alsek River flows into the Gulf of Alaska at Dry Bay, close to the northern boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 162 miles (261 km) northwest of Juneau and 50 miles (81 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The river starts at the confluence of the...
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Sentinel Island is located along the eastern shore of Lynn Canal in the center of Favorite Channel near the northern entrance, about 51 miles (82 km) south-southeast of Haines and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The island was probably named in 1869 by...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
SS Northwestern is a historical shipwreck near the head of Captains Bay, the southern arm of Unalaska Bay, on the northeast coast of Unalaska IslandĀ , about 112 miles (181 km) northeast of Nikolski and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the community of Unalaska, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Refuge Rock is in Partition Cove on the eastern shore of Sitkalidak Island, about 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Old Harbor, Alaska. Partition Cove is separated from McDonald Lagoon by a narrow isthmus. Partition Cove was named...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
McNeil River starts from glaciers and alpine lakes in the Aleutian Range of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 35 miles (56 km) to McNeil Cove in Kamishak Bay, 103 miles (166 km) southwest of Homer andĀ 101 miles (163 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
Arness Dock is in Nikiski Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 58 miles (94 km) southwest of Anchorage and 13 miles (21 km) north-northwest of Kenai, Alaska. Nikiski Bay is named for a former Dena’ina village and boat landing reported as “Nikishka No....