by CoastView | Dec 31, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
South Beach is a state park south of the jetty protecting the mouth of Yaquina Bay and extending for 1 mile (1.6 km) along the Pacific coast, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Waldport and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Newport, Oregon. The beach continues south...
by CoastView | Dec 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Vancouver is a coastal seaport located on the Burrard Peninsula in the Fraser River Delta, between Burrard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south, about 60 miles (97 km) north-northeast of Victoria and 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Nanaimo, British...
by CoastView | Dec 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Geikie Inlet is a fjord about 8 miles (13 km) long that trends generally northeast from the mouth of the Geikie River to the western coast of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 130 miles (209 km) southeast of Yakutat and 32 miles (51 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Loring is a small community at the site of a historical salmon cannery on the west coast of Revillagigedo Island, at the head of Naha Bay and near the mouth of the Naha River, about 66 miles (106 km) south-southeast of Wrangell and 17 miles (27 km) north of Ketchikan,...
by CoastView | Dec 26, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Piedras Blancas is a prominent headland and the site of a historic light station within the California Coastal National Monument, and surrounded by the Hearst San Simeon State Park, about 73 miles (117 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 6 miles (10 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
West Glacier Creek flows generally south-southeast for about 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Chinitna Bay, draining a watershed between the Chigmit Mountains and Mount Iliamna, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Kenai and 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of...