by CoastView | Nov 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Cape Fairweather is a point of land created by an ancient terminal moraine at the base of the Fairweather Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 131 miles (211 km) west-northwest of Juneau and 82 miles (132 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska....
by CoastView | Nov 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use
Chenega Glacier starts at an elevation of over 5,000 feet (1524 m) in the Sargent Icefield in Chugach National Forest and flows northeast for 10 miles (16 km) and then east for 4 miles (6 km) to Nassau Fjord on the western shore of Prince William Sound on the Kenai...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Akhiok is the southernmost Alutiiq Sugpiat village on Kodiak Island, situated on Akhiok Bay which is on the western shore of Alitak Bay, about 167 miles (269 km) east-northeast of Chignik and 87 miles (140 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. This location was settled in...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Tigalda Island is 12 miles (19 km) long with an area of about 22,400 acres (9,065 ha) and is one of the Krenitzin Islands in the Eastern Aleutians, about 84 miles (135 km) southwest of False Pass and 28 miles (45 km) east of Akutan, Alaska. The island was called...
by CoastView | Nov 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Symonds Bay is on the north coast of Biorka Island, between Hanus Point to the east and Entrance Islet to the west, and extends about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south to a gravel isthmus with a beach landing, about 184 miles (296 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 16 miles (26...
by CoastView | Nov 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Pelican is a small community located on the east side of Lisianski Inlet on the north coast of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 71 miles (114 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 17 miles (27 km) south of Elfin Cove, Alaska....