by CoastView | Jan 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Calder is a mining camp for a historic marble quarry and present-day limestone mine situated at the mouth of Marble Creek on Shakan Strait near the entrance to El Capitan Passage on Prince of Wales Island, about 92 miles (148 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 12 miles...
by CoastView | Jan 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Deering is a community situated on a barrier spit at the mouth of the Inmachuk River on Kotzebue Sound on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula between Cape Deceit to the west and Ninemile Point to the east, about 155 miles (250 km) east-northeast of Point Hope...
by CoastView | Jan 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Edna Bay is a community situated on 17,280 acres (6993 ha) in the Tongass National Forest on the southeast coast of Kosciusko Island off the northwest coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Wrangell and 18 miles (29 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Jan 3, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Kiwalik is a historical Iñupiat hunting and fishing camp, that became a major logistical base for mining activities in the Candle area, situated on a spit between Kawalik Lagoon to the south and Spafarief Bay to the north on the northeast coast of the Seward...
by CoastView | Jan 2, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Washington
Diamond Point is a community on the northeast tip of the Miller Peninsula which forms part of the Olympic Peninsula on the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the entrance to Discovery Bay, about 44 miles (71 km) northwest of Seattle and 7.5 miles (12 km) west-southwest of Port...
by CoastView | Jan 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Point Possession is a headland on the northern shore of the Kenai Peninsula near the confluence of Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm, about 44 miles (71 km) northeast of Kenai and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The point was named in 1778 by Captain James...
