by CoastView | Oct 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Ewan Bay is on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula and extends northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Dangerous Passage, about 84 miles (135 km) west of Cordova and 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska. The local name was reported in 1908 by Grant and...
by CoastView | Oct 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Reindeer Island is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long and is the westernmost of the six Midway Islands in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 21 miles (34 km) north of Deadhorse, Alaska. The island was named in 1910...
by CoastView | Oct 15, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Natural History, Parks
Inverness is a community on the southwest shore of Tomales Bay, about 19 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Bodega Bay and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Point Reyes Station, California. The community was named after Inverness, Scotland by a Scottish landowner. Inverness...
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Peterson Lagoon is the estuary of Peterson Creek that starts from the outlet of Peterson Lake at an elevation of 734 feet (224 m) on Auke Mountain and flows north-northwest for 4 miles (7 km) to the lagoon that connects to Eagle Harbor, about 56 miles (90 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) through the File Mountains, also known as the Tahinichok Mountains, to the Chukchi Sea at the southern end of Imik Lagoon in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kshwan River starts from the terminus of the retreating Kshwan Glacier in the Cambria Icefield and flows south for 10 miles (16 km) where it merges with the Sutton River and then continues for another 3 miles (5 km) to the head of Hastings Arm, about 95 miles (153 km)...
