by CoastView | Dec 5, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Heceta Head Lighthouse is at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), on the Heceta headland, 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The site is now the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint. The lighthouse was built in...
by CoastView | Dec 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Natural History
The Herring Islands are located at the entrance to Tutka Bay, on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, 11 miles (18 km) south of Homer and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. The islands were named by William Healey Dall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey...
by CoastView | Dec 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use
Todd is an abandoned cannery and a historical settlement on Lindenberg Harbor in Peril Strait, on the southern coast of Chichagof Island, 9 miles (15 km) west of Chatham Strait and 32 air miles (52 km) north-northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Lindenberg Harbor was named in...
by CoastView | Nov 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Egg Island is about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) across, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Cape Sedanka and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Old Man Rocks in the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Archipelago, 20 miles (32 km) east-southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The name is a...
by CoastView | Nov 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Kitten Pass is a water passage between Rabbit Island and Outer Island, in the Pye Islands group of the Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge, about 48 miles (77 km) east-southeast of Seldovia, and 63 miles (102 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The pass was named in 1927 by...
by CoastView | Nov 3, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Kibesillah is the site of a historical lumber-loading chute and for a short time was one of the most important communities on the north coast, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Bragg and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Westport, California. Marine terraces dominate the...
