by CoastView | Apr 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cascade Glacier starts from the western slope of Peak 7788 (2,374 m) in the Fairweather Range and flows generally west for 2.6 miles (4 km) to the head of Lituya Bay in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 67 miles...
by CoastView | Mar 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Clover Point is a park of about 10 acres (4 ha) owned by the City of Victoria located between Ross Bay to the east and Finlayson Bay to the west at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Oak Bay and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Mar 30, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cowell Ranch Beach is at the southern end of Half Moon Bay near the ghost town of Purissima, and the northern boundary of the historical Cowell Ranch, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of the community of Half Moon Bay,...
by CoastView | Mar 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Tahsis is a community on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the head of Tahsis Inlet which is the northern arm of Nootka Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) south-southeast of Port McNeill and 30 miles (48 km) west-northwest of Gold River, British Columbia. The name is...
by CoastView | Mar 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
Lawrence Glacier starts from several cirques situated at the northern extent of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of roughly 3,000 feet (915 m) and flows generally northwest for 2.4 miles (4 km) to within a few hundred feet of tidewater at the south end of Willard...
by CoastView | Mar 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Tukrok River flows generally east-southeast for 7 miles (11 km) from Krusenstern Lagoon to Kotzebue Sound in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 166 miles (268 km) northeast of Wales and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. In the IƱupiat language,...
