by CoastView | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Johns Hopkins Glacier starts at an elevation of about 8,000 feet (2,438 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Lituya in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally east-northeast for 13 miles (21 km) to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier...
by CoastView | Aug 3, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Albion River starts at an elevation of about 1,050 feet (320 m) in the California Coast Ranges and flows generally west-southwest for 18 miles (29 km) draining a watershed of about 27,520 acres (11,140 ha) and enters the Pacific Ocean at Albion Cove, about 22 miles...
by CoastView | Aug 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shelter Cabins
Ukivok is a historical Iñupiat village on Uġiuvak Island, also known as King Island which is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across with very steep slopes on all sides and a distinctive double-peaked summit situated in the Bering Sea, about 86 miles (138 km) west-northwest...
by CoastView | Jul 31, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Moss Harbor is a low tide lagoon at the head of China Poot Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska. China Poot Bay is nearly dry at low water, and a narrow channel along...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Carry Inlet is an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.9 km) across that extends for 3 miles (5 km) into the northwest coast of Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, about 81 miles (130 km) south-southwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska. Shuyak...
by CoastView | Jul 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Sheshalik is a spit about 6 miles (10 km) long consisting of accretionary beach ridges with some lagoons situated in Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Kotzebue Sound, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Noatak and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The...
