by CoastView | May 27, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Newtok is a Central Yup’ik community located between the Ningaluk River to the south and a tidal slough to the north, 19 miles (31 km) upstream from the Bering Sea in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, about 125 miles (202 km) south of Emmonak and 96 miles (155 km) west...
by CoastView | May 26, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Pigeon Point is a prominent headland and the site of a historic lighthouse, situated between Bolsa Point to the north and Franklin Point to the south, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California. The point is named...
by CoastView | May 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Tyndall Glacier starts at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m) in the Saint Elias Mountains near the Canadian border, between Mount Huxley to the west and Mount Saint Elias to the east, and flows generally south-southwest for 13 miles (21 km) to the head of...
by CoastView | May 24, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
South Slough is a tidal embayment designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve that extends 6 miles (10 km) south from Coos Bay, which is an estuary of the Coos River, about 13 miles (21 km) north-northeast of Bandon and 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Charleston,...
by CoastView | May 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Morro Rock is a volcanic plug with an elevation of 576 feet (176 m), connected to the mainland by a causeway that forms the entrance channel to Morro Bay, about 102 miles (164 km) southeast of Monterey and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Pismo Beach, California. Morro...
by CoastView | May 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Point Franklin is the site of several whaling shipwrecks at the end of a barrier spit that extends 13 miles (21 km) northeast from the Arctic Coastal Plain, and together with the Seahorse Islands, separates Peard Bay from the Chukchi Sea, about 54 miles (87 km)...
