by CoastView | Feb 16, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Oso Flaco Creek drains a watershed of approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) consisting mostly of agricultural land before forming Oso Flaco Lake, now part of the Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean, and about...
by CoastView | Feb 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History
Contact Point is a headland forming the southern shore of Bruin Bay on the western side of Cook Inlet, about 123 miles (198 km) northwest of Kodiak and 93 miles (150 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska. It was named in 1926 by George C. Martin of the U.S. Geological...
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Ozette is a historical Makah village situated at Cape Alava, the westernmost point of the Olympic Peninsula, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of La Push and 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. Cape Alava was named for José Manuel de Álava...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Hastings Arm extends north from Observatory Inlet for 14 miles (23 km) into the Coast Mountains and ends at the mouth of the Kshwan River, about 23 miles (37 km) south-southeast of Stewart and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia. Hastings Arm was...
by CoastView | Feb 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aialik Glacier flows southeast for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains to tidewater at Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 66 miles (106 km) east-northeast of Homer and 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Table Bluff is a promontory and coastal plateau less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide with an elevation of 163 feet (50 m) located about 19 miles (31 km) north-northeast of Cape Mendocino at the base of South Spit that encloses the southern portion of Humboldt Bay, about 9...
