by CoastView | Jan 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Jakolof Bay is on the Kenai Peninsula, at the southern end of Kasitsna Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) south of Homer and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. The name was first reported in 1915 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The local soil type is...
by CoastView | Jan 12, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in Haro Strait between Cordova Channel to the west and Sidney Channel to the east, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria and 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of Sidney, British Columbia. The island has an area of...
by CoastView | Jan 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cross Island is an Arctic barrier island, about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, located between McClure Islands to the southeast and Midway Islands to the west on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 74 miles (119 km) northeast of Nuiqsut and 24 miles (40 km) north-northeast of...
by CoastView | Jan 10, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Pudding Creek is a small coastal watershed in Mendocino County that drains 18 square miles (4,662 ha) before entering the Pacific Ocean about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) southwest of Cleone and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Fort Bragg, California. Pudding Creek is also the name of...
by CoastView | Jan 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History
Bay of Pillars is on the west coast of Kuiu Island and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across between Point Sullivan to the north and Point Ellis to the south, about 52 miles (84 km) southeast of Sitka and 52 miles (84 km) west-southwest of Petersburg, Alaska. In 1883, William H....
by CoastView | Jan 8, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Washington
Doe Bay is a small community on the southeastern shore of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11.3 km) southeast of the community of Eastsound, and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Olga, Washington. The name “Orcas” is a...
