by CoastView | May 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, May 2023, Natural History
Cape Thompson is a headland on the Chukchi Sea coast near the site of Project Chariot, about 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Kivalina and about 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Point Hope, Alaska. Chariot is located at the mouth of Ogotoruk Creek between Sigrikpak Ridge to...
by CoastView | May 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, May 2023, Natural History
Morro Rock is a volcanic plug with an elevation of 576 feet (176 m), connected to the mainland by a causeway that forms the entrance channel to Morro Bay, about 102 miles (164 km) southeast of Monterey and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Pismo Beach, California. Morro...
by CoastView | May 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, May 2023, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Point Franklin is the site of several whaling shipwrecks at the end of a barrier spit that extends 13 miles (21 km) northeast from the Arctic Coastal Plain, and together with the Seahorse Islands, separates Peard Bay from the Chukchi Sea, about 54 miles (87 km)...
by CoastView | May 13, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, May 2023, Natural History
Glass Beach is situated in the northern section of Noyo Headlands Park in the community of Fort Bragg, which is between Pudding Creek to the north and Noyo River to the south, about 95 miles (153 km) south-southeast of Eureka and 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendocino,...
by CoastView | May 2, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Land Use, May 2023, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Siuslaw River starts at an elevation of 636 feet (194 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally west-northwest for 110 miles (177 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Florence, draining a watershed of 494,720 acres (200,206 ha), about 53 miles (85 km) west of Eugene and 43...
by CoastView | May 1, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Developments, Historical, Land Use, May 2023, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Corea Creek drains a fen at an elevation of 200 feet (60 m) on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 2.4 miles (4 km) to the eastern shore of Cook Inlet and the site of a historic shipwreck, about 37 miles (60 km) north of Homer and 5 miles (8 km)...
