by CoastView | Oct 10, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Chugachik Island is situated about 800 feet (244 m) off the eastern shore and near the head of Kachemak Bay, between Bear Cove to the south and Martin River to the north, on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Homer and...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Claxton is a historical salmon cannery and community at the mouth of Claxton Creek on the eastern shore of Telegraph Passage in the Skeena River estuary, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Cataract Glacier starts from the north flank of Peak 5541 in the Chugach Mountains and flows northeast for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) through a steep valley to its terminus at the head of a stream that flows for another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the southern shore of Surprise...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Black Bear Creek is situated on the southwest coast of the Cleveland Peninsula and starts at an elevation of 493 feet from the outlet of Bear Lake and flows generally northwest for 6 miles (10 km) through the Tongass National Forest to Union Bay, about 52 miles (84...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Garcia River starts at an elevation of 856 feet (261 m) and flows generally northwest for 44 miles (71 km), draining a watershed of 92,160 acres (37,296 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean north of Point Arena Lighthouse at Manchester State Park, about 34 miles (55 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Amak is a volcanic island situated in the Bering Sea that measures about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) longitudinally, about 172 miles (277 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Cold Bay, Alaska. The name was first...
