by CoastView | Sep 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Three Saints Harbor is the location of a historical Russian settlement established in 1784 on Three Saints Bay on the east coast of Kodiak Island, about 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Kodiak and 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Akhiok, Alaska. The settlement was at the...
by CoastView | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
SS Clarksdale Victory is a shipwreck on the west coast of Hippa Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii Archipelago, about 49 miles (79 km) southwest of Masset and 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Queen Charlotte, British Columbia. In 1778,...
by CoastView | Sep 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Eagle Beach is at the mouth of Eagle River on the eastern shore of Favorite Channel, about 68 miles (109 km) south-southeast of Skagway and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. Favorite Channel is a waterway extending northwest for 16 miles (25 km) from...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Battery Point forms the western shore of a crescent-shaped bight, and the harbor for Crescent City, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Brookings and 66 miles (106 km) north of Eureka, California. The point is named for a battery of cannons that were salvaged...
by CoastView | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks
China Beach is a small sandy cove on the South Bay of the Golden Gate tucked between Lands End and Baker Beach, once used as a campsite by Chinese fishermen, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Daly City and 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown San Francisco, California. The...
by CoastView | Sep 9, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Strawberry Hill is part of Neptune State Park, situated between Nancy Creek and Bob Creek, about 19 miles (31 km) north of Florence and 5 miles (8 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The Strawberry Hill Rocky Shore Area is a series of basalt outcrops along the base of Cape...
