by CoastView | May 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Parks-Cannery.mp3 Parks Cannery is located in Uyak Bay on the west coast of Kodiak Island, 24 miles (39 km) south of Shelikof Strait, 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Larsen Bay, and 61...
by CoastView | May 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dutch-Harbor.mp3 Dutch Harbor is an anchorage and fish-processing facility on the east coast of Amaknak Island, bordered by Mount Ballyhoo to the west and a gravel spit to the east that forms...
by CoastView | May 2, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Seldovia-River.mp3 Seldovia River drains a watershed of 16,980 acres (6,872 ha) and flows generally northwest for 5 miles (8 km) from Seldovia Lake in the Kenai Mountains to Seldovia Bay, on...
by CoastView | May 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Castle-Cape-1.mp3 Castle Cape extends about 10 miles (16 km) northeast from the Alaska Peninsula and forms the southern entrance to Chignik Bay, separating Castle Bay to the northwest from the...
by CoastView | Apr 29, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Port-Hobron-1.mp3 Port Hobron, an abandoned whaling station, sits on the south shore of a fjord of the same name on the north coast of Sitkalidak Island, about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Old...
by CoastView | Apr 28, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Afognak.mp3 Afognak, located at the head of Marmot Bay on the southeast coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, is a historic village abandoned after the 1964 tsunami, about 122...
