by CoastView | Feb 28, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/South-Ledge.mp3 South Ledge is a navigational hazard in Wrangell Narrows, a water passage that extends generally south for about 22 miles (35 km) between Mitkof Island to the east and...
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Selawik-1.mp3 The Selawik River is about 140 miles (226 km) long, originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, and flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ancon-Rock.mp3 Ancon Rock is a reef located about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) off Point Gustavus on the eastern shore, at the entrance to Glacier Bay within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve,...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Barren-Islands.mp3 Barren Islands are the northernmost of the Kodiak Archipelago, located near Lower Cook Inlet, between Stevenson Entrance to the south and Kennedy Entrance to the north,...
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Bainbridge-1.mp3 Bainbridge Glacier originates on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rookery.mp3 Rookery Falls is 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,...