by CoastView | Apr 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Aguchik River starts at the terminus of Aguchik Glacier at an elevation of about 1,060 feet (323 m) and flows generally southeast for 8 miles (13 km) to the head of Kukak Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 138 miles (222 km) southwest of Homer and 80...
by CoastView | Apr 6, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities
San Elijo Lagoon is 915 acres (370 ha) of tidal wetlands formed by Escondido Creek that drains a watershed of 54,000 acres (22,000 ha) and flows generally southwest for 26 miles (42 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Cardiff, or Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a beach community in...
by CoastView | Apr 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Islands, Natural History
Lake Bay is the site of a salmon hatchery on the southern coast of Esther Island in northwestern Prince William Sound, and the deglaciated fjord extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest from Wells Passage, about 63 miles (101 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 20 miles (32...
by CoastView | Mar 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Halibut Cove is a small community lining the shores of The Narrows, a protected waterway separating Ismailof Island to the north from the Kenai Peninsula to the south, on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Seldovia and 11 miles...
by CoastView | Mar 21, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Dungeness Bay is formed by a complex of depositional features that partially enclose the embayment including Dungeness Spit, Graveyard Spit, Cline Spit, and the Dungeness River delta located on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the northern coast of...
by CoastView | Mar 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use
Seldovia is a community situated on the eastern shore of Seldovia Bay and on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in Cook Inlet, about 136 miles (219 km) southwest of Anchorage and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The name is derived from the Russian word...
