by CoastView | Nov 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, Freshwater, Historical, November 2024, Rivers
Ninilchik is a community at Cape Ninilchik at the mouth of the Ninilchik River on the Kenai Peninsula and on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, about 99 miles (160 km) southwest of Anchorage and 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Homer, Alaska. Road access to the...
by CoastView | Oct 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, October 2024, Parks
The New Eddystone Rock is a pillar of basalt 237 feet (72 m) high, situated in Misty Fjords National Monument and in the eastern arm of Behm Canal, about 87 miles (140 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 32 miles (52 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska....
by CoastView | Oct 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, October 2024, 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, October 2024
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, October 2024
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, October 2024, 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...
