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...
by CoastView | May 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features
Patton Bay is about 4 miles (6.5 km) wide, located on the southeast coast of Montague Island, about 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Cordova and 70 miles (113 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The bay was named in 1937 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for Rear...
by CoastView | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Best of 2021, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Washington
Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington. On July 12, 1775, Bruno de Heceta, Juan Perez Hernández, and others...
by CoastView | May 4, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Rivers
The Red River is a stream on Kodiak Island that flows south for about 4.5 miles (7 km) to Shelikof Strait, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bumble Bay, and about 80 miles (129 km) southwest of Kodiak and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Ayakulik, Alaska. The name is a translation...
by CoastView | May 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
Turner Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 11,000 feet (3,353 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Cook in the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally southeast for 21 miles (34 km) to Disenchantment Bay at the head of Yakutat Bay, about 214 miles (344 km)...
by CoastView | May 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Mary Island is the site of a historic lighthouse located between Felice Strait to the west and Revillagigedo Channel to the east, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Mary...