by CoastView | Dec 11, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Washington
Shelton is a community located on the southwest shore of Oakland Bay, an estuary connected to South Puget Sound by Hammersley Inlet, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Seattle and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Olympia, Washington. Hammersley Inlet is about 9 miles...
by CoastView | Dec 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Sukoi Bay is situated at Cape Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 121 miles (195 km) east of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The name is a transliteration by the U.S. Coast and...
by CoastView | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Nitrogen Cycle, November 2024, Phosphorus, Rivers
Elkhorn Slough is an estuary about 7 miles (11 km) long that connects with Monterey Bay at the community of Moss Landing, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Santa Cruz and 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of Monterey, California. Elkhorn Slough is the third-largest...
by CoastView | Sep 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Tatitlek is a small Chugach Alutiiq community located on the northeastern shore of Tatitlek Narrows across from Bligh Island and at the mouth of Boulder Bay on the eastern shore of Prince William Sound, about 24 miles (38 km) southwest of Valdez and 39 miles (63 km)...
by CoastView | Sep 27, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Lions Gate Bridge spans Burrard Inlet at the First Narrows, a strait about 1,312 feet (400 m) wide between Prospect Point in Stanley Park to the south and the sandy shoals of the Capilano River mouth to the north, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of West Vancouver and...
by CoastView | Sep 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Chemical Pollution, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Greens Creek Mine is the 5th largest silver producer in the world, located on the eastern shore of Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island, about 77 miles (124 km) north-northeast of Sitka and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Juneau, Alaska. Admiralty Island is 96 miles (155 km)...
