by CoastView | Sep 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Morse-and-Muir.mp3 Morse and Muir glaciers terminate at the head of Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, approximately 53 miles (85 km) north of Gustavus, Alaska. Morse...
by CoastView | Sep 7, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Aurora-Lagoon.mp3 Aurora Lagoon is situated on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula, approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. At low tide, the shallow...
by CoastView | Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Copper-City.mp3 Copper City is an abandoned mining community located on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Lime...
by CoastView | Sep 4, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cape-Cleare.mp3 Cape Cleare is a headland located at the southwest end of Montague Island, at the entrance to Montague Strait, leading to Prince William Sound, approximately 60 miles (97 km)...
by CoastView | Sep 2, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Amherst-Glacier.mp3 Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, located 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in College Fjord,...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Naskowhak.mp3 Point Naskowhak was once an island at the entrance to Seldovia Bay, but is now considered a “tied island”, connected to the mainland by a tombolo or spit, about 15...
