by CoastView | Sep 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands
Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. The Alutiiq name was first published in 1915 by the...
by CoastView | Sep 18, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Sea Caves
Sunset Cliffs is a neighborhood adjacent to the Pacific Ocean on the western edge of Point Loma, about 7.5 miles (12 km) south of La Jolla and 5 miles (8 km) west of San Diego, California. The area is named for the sheer cliffs which border the ocean and historically...
by CoastView | Sep 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments
Ursus Cove is an embayment about 6 miles (10 km) across, on the northwest coast of Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. In 1904, the local name for the bay was Bear Cove according to G.C....
by CoastView | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Parks
A viewing platform for seal and whale watching is at Laguna Point, part of MacKerricher State Park, and adjacent to MacKerricher State Marine Conservation Area, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Fort Bragg and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Cleone, California. The state park...
by CoastView | Sep 10, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Indian Sands is an archaeological site in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Brookings and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Carpenterville, Oregon. The artifacts found at the Indian Sands site are older than known sites on the...
by CoastView | Sep 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Rivers
Sagavanirktok River, also known as the Sag River, starts between Endicott and Philip Smith Mountains in the Brooks Range and flows north for 110 miles (180 km) to the Beaufort Sea, about 105 miles (170 km) west of Kaktovik and 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Deadhorse,...
