by CoastView | Jun 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Valdez-Glacier.mp3 Old Valdez was the original townsite of Valdez, situated on the outwash plain formed by Valdez Glacier, about 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of Cordova and 3.7 miles (6...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Eek-River.mp3 Eek River drains a watershed of 408,959 acres (165,500 ha) and flows generally west-northwest for 108 miles (174 km) to the Kuskokwim Delta, about 40 miles (64 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 20, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bluff-Point.mp3 Bluff Point is a prominent headland near the north shore entrance to Kachemak Bay with an elevation ranging from approximately 300 to 700 feet (100 to 215 m), about 12 miles...
by CoastView | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Shepard-Point.mp3 Shepard Point is a mixed alluvial and colluvial fan on the eastern shore of Orca Inlet in Prince William Sound at Nelson Bay, which is an estuary mostly formed by the Rude...
by CoastView | Jun 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/George-Inlet.mp3 George Inlet is a deglaciated fjord that extends generally north into Revillagigedo Island for about 19 miles (31 km) from Revillagigedo Channel to Salt Lagoon, with a...
by CoastView | Jun 16, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dundas-Bay.mp3 Dundas Bay is located on the north shore of Icy Strait in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 24 miles (39 km) west of Gustavus and 11 miles (18 km) north of Elfin...
