by CoastView | Feb 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Point Barrow is a spit that extends northeast from the mainland for 4 miles (6.4 km) into the Arctic Ocean forming Elson Lagoon to the southeast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 9.8 miles (16 km) northeast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The point is a spit...
by CoastView | Feb 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Chignik Lagoon is an embayment that trends southwest for 8.5 miles (14 km) from the head of Chignik Bay to the mouth of Chignik River on the Gulf of Alaska coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 45 miles (73 km) south of Port Heiden and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Swanson River starts at an elevation of 224 feet (68 m) at the outlet of Gene Lake in the Swan Lake district on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 40 miles (64 km), draining a watershed of 162,496 acres (65,760 ha), to Number Three Bay on the...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kupigruak Channel is one of two main distributaries in the Colville River Delta located about halfway between Utqiagvik at Point Barrow to the west and Kaktovik on Barter Island to the east, about 52 miles (84 km) west-northwest of Deadhorse and 18 miles (29 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Ivanof Bay is a community on the Alaska Peninsula at the head of Ivanof Bay, an estuary of the Ivanof River that starts at an elevation of roughly 1000 feet (305 m) on the south flank of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) draining a...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Deep Bay is an estuary about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, located on the western shore of Peril Strait, on the southern coast of Chichagof Island, about 74 miles (119 km) southwest of Juneau and 29 miles (47 km) northwest of Sitka, Alaska. The name is a translation by...
