by CoastView | Feb 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical
Bainbridge Glacier starts on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows generally east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47 miles (76 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 36 miles (58 km) east of Seward, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Waterfalls
Rookery Falls is located on the northern shore of Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Anchorage and 1.7 miles (1.9 km) north-northeast of Whittier, Alaska. The waterfall is about 200 feet (61 m) high and drains a small lake...
by CoastView | Feb 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, February 2025, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks
James Lagoon is a drowned cirque basin about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide and partially enclosed by the remains of a terminal moraine, situated on the western shore of McCarty Fjord in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 51 miles (82 km) southwest of Seward and 40 miles (64...
by CoastView | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Juneau is the Alaska state capital situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway, Alaska. The community originated in 1880 as a mining camp called...
by CoastView | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve consisting of a series of ancient marine terraces called the Ecological Staircase at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek that exhibit different stages of ecological succession, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg...
by CoastView | Feb 3, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical
Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord of Prince William Sound that starts at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in the Chugach Mountains and flows generally southwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Yale Arm,...
