by CoastView | Oct 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Parks
Shakun Islets is a group of grass-covered islands and submerged reefs that extend north to south for 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at the entrance of Swikshak Bay in Shelikof Strait on the northeast coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 108...
by CoastView | Oct 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Waterfalls
Sahlin Falls is at the base of Sahlin Creek that starts from a cirque glacier at an elevation of about 2,800 feet (850 m) and cascades south for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Sahlin Lake at an elevation of 720 feet (219 m), and then southeast for 1.2 miles (2 km) to the...
by CoastView | Oct 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Cottoneva Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (400 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally south-southwest for 7 miles (11 km) to Rockport Bay, a property owned by the Mendocino Redwood Company just south of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, about 11...
by CoastView | Oct 25, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Queets River originates from a group of cirque basins at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1500 m) on the south flank of the Olympic Mountains, with tributaries emanating from the Humes Glacier to the north and the Queets Glacier to the south, and drains a watershed...
by CoastView | Oct 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History
Seldovia Point is a headland on the Kenai Peninsula at the northeast entrance to Seldovia Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13.5 miles (22 km) southwest of Homer and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) north of Seldovia, Alaska. The name is derived from the Russian word...
by CoastView | Oct 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Whitman Creek starts from Blue Lake at an elevation of about 2,660 feet (811 m) on the south flank of Roy Jones Mountain on the southeast coast of Revillagigedo Island and flows generally southeast for 2.4 miles (4 km) to Whitman Lake, and then another 0.7 miles (1.1...
