by CoastView | Dec 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Thorne Bay is a small community, and an estuary of the Thorne River on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales Island, the largest of approximately 1,100 islands interspersed by marine channels in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 55 miles (89 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks
Johns Hopkins Inlet is a fjord in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve that starts at the terminus of the Johns Hopkins Glacier and extends for about 10 miles (16 km) to the head of Glacier Bay, about 106 miles (171 km) southeast of Yakutat and 58 miles (93 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Canneries, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use
Cannery Row is the Monterey waterfront between San Carlos Beach and Cabrillo Beach, or between the Monterey Harbor Marina and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where several historical Pacific sardine canneries once operated, about 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Santa...
by CoastView | Dec 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Beartrack Cove is an estuary about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) wide situated at the mouth of the Beartrack River in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 46 miles (74 km) south-southwest of Haines and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Dec 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Fords Terror is a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska that trends generally south for 8 miles (13 km) to Endicott Arm, about 64 miles (103 km) southeast of Juneau and 57 miles (92 km) north-northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. The fjord was named in 1889 by...
by CoastView | Dec 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Nitrogen Cycle, Rivers, Waterfalls
Ultramarine Glacier is located at the head of Blue Fjord, a glacial estuary that trends generally north for 4.5 miles (7.3 km) to Port Nellie Juan in western Prince William Sound on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula, about 87 miles (140 km) west of Cordova and 26...
