by CoastView | Dec 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Nitrogen Cycle, Rivers, Waterfalls
Ultramarine Glacier is located at the head of Blue Fjord, a glacial estuary that trends generally north for 4.5 miles (7.3 km) to Port Nellie Juan in western Prince William Sound on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula, about 87 miles (140 km) west of Cordova and 26...
by CoastView | Dec 13, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, December 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Shipwrecks
La Honda Canyon is a valley formed by CaƱada Honda Creek that enters the Pacific Ocean 0.4 miles (0.6 km) near Woodbury Rocks north of Point Pedernales, about 56 miles (90 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Lompoc, California....
by CoastView | Dec 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
King Island is about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) wide with steep rocky cliffs on all sides and a summit elevation of about 1,050 feet (320 m), located in the northern Bering Sea, about 86 miles (139 km) northwest of Nome, and 44 miles (71 km) south...
by CoastView | Dec 11, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Washington
Shelton is a community located on the southwest shore of Oakland Bay, an estuary connected to South Puget Sound by Hammersley Inlet, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Seattle and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Olympia, Washington. Hammersley Inlet is about 9 miles...
by CoastView | Dec 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Parks
Lamplugh Glacier is situated on the western shore of Glacier Bay at the entrance to Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 109 miles (175 km) southeast of Yakutat and 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The Lamplugh Glacier...
by CoastView | Dec 9, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Cerantes Rocks is a group of reefs and one large islet situated off of San Juan Point, a rocky headland forming the eastern entrance to Port San Juan on Vancouver Island, about 51 miles (82 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 2.4 miles (4 km) southwest of Port Renfrew,...
