by CoastView | Oct 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Waterfalls
Beloit Glacier flows northeast for about 2 miles (3.2 km) from an unnamed ice field on the Kenai Peninsula to Blackstone Bay in Prince William Sound, about 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Valdez and 9 miles (15 km) south of Whittier, Alaska. Beloit Glacier is a...
by CoastView | Oct 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Bryn Mawr Glacier flows southeast for about 4.5 miles (7 km) to Harvard Arm of College Fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 52 miles (84 km) west of Valdez and 44 miles (71 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska. The terminus of Bryn Mawr Glacier is 1.8 miles...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use
Excelsior Glacier flows south for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula to its terminus at Big Johnstone Lake, formerly called Excelsior Lake, about 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Chenega Bay and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Waterfalls
Taz Basin is a small cove on the west coast of Granite Island, one of the Chiswell Islands on the south coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 61 miles (98 km) east of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska. The cove is a remarkable natural...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Natural History
Cooper Island is an Arctic barrier island and one of the Plover Islands on Elson Lagoon on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 129 miles (208 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 24 miles (39 km) east of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The Iñupiat name for the island is Lglurak, generally...
by CoastView | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Grand Plateau Glacier starts on the north flank of Mount Fairweather in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally northwest for 19 miles (31 km) where it splits into two terminal lobes, with the southern lobe flowing 6 miles (10 km) to...
