by CoastView | Apr 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Cape Saint Elias comprises a prominent headland and Pinnacle Rock, and is the site of a historic lighthouse at the southwest end of Kayak Island, 172 miles (277 km) west of Yakutat and 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The headland was named by Vitus...
by CoastView | Apr 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Delarof Harbor is an embayment and the site of the historical village of Unga on the southeast coast of Unga Island, the largest of the Shumagin Islands, about 73 miles (118 km) southwest of Perryville and 9.5 miles (15 km) south of Sand Point, Alaska. The harbor was...
by CoastView | Apr 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Eldred Rock is a small island and site of a historic lighthouse situated adjacent to Sullivan Island in Lynn Canal, between the Chilkat Range to the west and the Kakuhan Range to the east, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast...
by CoastView | Apr 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Sudden Stream drains the Malaspina Coastal Plain, flowing generally south for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the outlet of Malaspina Lake, a proglacial lake at the terminus of the Malaspina Glacier, to a lagoon formed by a barrier spit called Schooner Beach on Yakutat Bay,...
by CoastView | Apr 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Nuka River starts from Bradley Pass in the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of roughly 1400 feet (427 m) and flows generally south for 10 miles (16 km), draining a watershed of 34,503 acres (13,963 ha), to Beauty Bay between Storm Mountain to the north and Mount Diablo...
by CoastView | Apr 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
North Crillon Glacier starts from a cirque at an elevation near 6,200 feet (1,890 m) on the west flank of Mount Crillon in the Fairweather Range, and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) and then makes an abrupt turn to the north and continues for another 3...
