by CoastView | Sep 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aurora Lagoon is on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The shallow lagoon dries at low tide exposing a mudflat about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across and backed by spruce and birch-covered slopes....
by CoastView | Sep 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Copper City is an abandoned mining community on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island, 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Lime Point, and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1905 by...
by CoastView | Sep 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cape Cleare is a headland on the southwest end of Montague Island, at the entrance to Montague Strait that leads to Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The cape was named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock in 1787. In 1791, Captain...
by CoastView | Sep 2, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Mattole River flows for about 62 miles (100 km) through the King Range to the Mattole Estuary and then into the Pacific Ocean at the Punta Gorda State Marine Reserve about 10 miles (16 km) south of Cape Mendocino and 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of the...
by CoastView | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. The lake is drained by a river that flows about...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The Ecola Creek watershed drains approximately 22 square miles (5,698 ha), with...
