by CoastView | Feb 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, February 2025, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/McCarty.mp3 James Lagoon is a drowned cirque basin about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, partially enclosed by the remains of a terminal moraine, on the western shore of McCarty Fjord in Kenai Fjords...
by CoastView | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Juneau.mp3 Juneau is the state capital, situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway,...
by CoastView | Feb 3, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Yale.mp3 Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord, Prince William Sound, that originates at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Old-Sitka.mp3 Old Sitka is the site of the historic Russian settlement Redoubt Saint Archangel Michael on the southern shore of Starrigavan Bay in Sitka Sound on the west coast of Baranof...
by CoastView | Jan 30, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Scidmore.mp3 Scidmore Bay, enclosed by the Gilbert Peninsula to the east and the Fairweather Mountains to the west, lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 119 miles (192 km)...
by CoastView | Jan 28, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, January 2025
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Westdahl.mp3 Mount Westdahl, also known as Westdahl Peak, is a relatively young, glacier-capped volcano with a summit elevation of 5,118 feet (1,560 m) situated at the southwest end of Unimak...
