by CoastView | Jun 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Mud Bay is a tidal flat about 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, partially enclosed by sand spits and situated at the sheltered base of the Homer Spit on the northwest shore of Kachemak Bay, about 2.7 miles (4 km) southwest of Millers Landing and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Jun 18, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Haysport is the site of a historical community and salmon cannery on the north shore of the Skeena River adjacent to the Grand Trunk Railroad, about 61 miles (100 km) southwest of Terrace and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The word...
by CoastView | Jun 15, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Point San Pedro forms the northwestern extent of Pedro Point Headland on San Pedro Mountain which reaches an elevation of about 624 feet (190 m) and has steep cliffs on both the northern and southern flanks, and forms the southern slope of the San Pedro Creek...
by CoastView | Jun 14, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Eek River drains a watershed of 408,959 acres (165,500 ha) and flows generally west-northwest for 108 miles (174 km) from a small lake at an elevation of about 2,700 feet (823 m) on the north flank of Mount Oratia to the Kuskokwim River Delta, about 40 miles (64 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Sea Caves
Devils Punchbowl is a collapsed sea cave orĀ littoral sinkhole located on a headland in Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area at the community of Otter Rock, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Newport and 5 miles (8 km) south of Depoe Bay, Oregon. Devils Punchbowl is...
by CoastView | Jun 11, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Brentwood Bay is a community within the municipality of Central Saanich on the eastern shore of Saanich Inlet, about 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of the city of Victoria and 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of Sidney, British Columbia. Brentwood Bay was named in...