by CoastView | Jun 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History, Parks
Mount Shishaldin is a volcano on Unimak Island that rises over 9,000 ft (2800 m) directly from the Pacific Ocean and is the highest of several volcanos on the island, about 120 miles (194 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 24 miles (39 km) west-southwest of False Pass,...
by CoastView | Jun 6, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Parks
Aniakchak Bay is on the Pacific coast of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve that surrounds Mount Aniakchak, a caldera in the Aleutian Range, about 200 miles (323 km) southwest of Kodiak and 50 miles (81 km) northeast of Chignik, Alaska. The caldera is 6 miles...
by CoastView | Jun 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical
Griffin Point, also called Uqsruqtalik in the Iñupiat language, is the site of a traditional fish camp on the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, about 240 miles (387 km) west-northwest of Tuktoyuktuk and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Kaktovik,...
by CoastView | May 26, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Natural History, Washington
Oysterville is located in Willapa Bay on the Long Beach Peninsula, about 28 miles (45 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Raymond, Washington. The Long Beach Peninsula is a sand spit that separates Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean and is...
by CoastView | May 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Parks
Gustavus is a community on the north shore of Icy Strait, at the mouth of the Salmon River and across from Pleasant Island, about 48 miles (77 km) west-northwest of Juneau, and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Elfin Cove, Alaska. Gustavus is situated on a large plain...
by CoastView | May 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Natural History
Mount Pavlof is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula near Pavlof Bay, about 57 miles (92 km) west of Sand Point and 34 miles (55 km) northeast of Cold Bay, Alaska. It has been one of the most active volcanoes in North America, and in the past...