by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Natural History
James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands lying in Haro Strait, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the coast of Vancouver Island, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria, British Columbia. The island was named in 1858 by Captain George Henry Richards on the...
by CoastView | Aug 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments
The Salt Chuck is a lagoon at the head of Hobart Bay on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, about 71 miles (115 km) southeast of Juneau and 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. The bay was named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield of...
by CoastView | Aug 6, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Sea Caves
The Little River Punchbowl is a littoral sinkhole forming a large open pit surrounded by forest near Little River, about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) northwest of Albion and 2.7 miles (4.4 km) south-southeast of Mendocino, California. The sinkhole was formed by the collapse of...
by CoastView | Aug 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Parks, Waterfalls
Mount Douglas is a stratovolcano with an elevation of 7,000 feet (2,134 m) located on Kamishak Bay, near the northern part of the Alaska Peninsula and within Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) east of King Salmon and 91 miles (147 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 24, 2023 | 2026, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, July 2026, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ChimneyRock.mp3 Chimney Rock is an islet off the eastern headland of the Point Reyes Peninsula, connected to it only at low tide, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Point Reyes Light and 10...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SandmanReefs.mp3 The Sandman Reefs are a group of islets, reefs, and wave-washed rocks in the Eastern Aleutian Islands near the western end of the Alaska Peninsula, about 78 miles (126 km)...
