by CoastView | Jul 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Rivers
Princeton Glacier is on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, about 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Seward, Alaska. The glacier starts in the Sargent Icefield and then flows southeast for 5 miles (8 km) to its...
by CoastView | Jul 13, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Casket Rock is the outermost of three large rocks west of the community of Elk, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Fort Bragg and 13 miles (21 km) north of Point Arena, California. Elk was originally called Greenwood after an early homesteading family. When the...
by CoastView | Jul 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Natural History
Lincoln Rock and Lincoln Island are small islets in Clarence Strait in Southeast Alaska, about 63 miles (102 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The islets are part of the Abraham Islands just off the west coast of Etolin...
by CoastView | Jul 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Douglas River starts at the terminus of an unnamed glacier on the northwest flank of Fourpeaked Mountain in the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula, and flows north for 28 miles (45 km) to Kamishak Bay, about 108 miles (174 km) northeast of King Salmon and 89 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
North Dawes Glacier starts from the Stikine Icefield at an elevation of about 5,200 feet (1,585 m) on the western flank of Sheppard Peak and flows generally southwest for 15 miles (24 km) to a proglacial lake at an elevation of 1000 feet (305 m) which is 2 miles (3.2...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Yahtse Glacier starts from the south flank of Mount Miller in Barkley Ridge at an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) and flows generally southeast for 40 miles (65 km) through Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve to a tidewater terminus between Guyot Hills...
