by CoastView | Nov 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Historical
Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tikiġaq or Tigara, Alaska. The whaling station was shown on a chart in 1898, and the...
by CoastView | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Nunam Iqua is a small community on Sheldon Point, located on the left bank of Kwemeluk Pass in the Yukon River delta, about 157 miles (253 km) northwest of Bethel and 12.4 miles (20 km) south-southwest of Alakanuk, Alaska. Nunam Iqua is a Yup’ik name meaning...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Mekoryuk is a community situated at the western entrance to Shoal Bay on the northern shore of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, about 153 miles (246 km) west-southwest of Bethel and 80 miles (129 km) south of Hooper Bay, Alaska. Mekoryuk is the only community on the...
by CoastView | Nov 11, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Dillon Beach is a community situated along Dillon Creek that starts at an elevation of 430 feet (131 m) and flows generally west for 1.3 miles (2 km) to Bodega Bay near the mouth of Tomales Bay, about 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11...
by CoastView | Nov 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Nelson Lagoon is a community situated on the Bering Sea coast of the Alaska Peninsula, on a narrow barrier sand spit forming the embayment of Nelson Lagoon, about 258 miles (415 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 24 miles (39 km) west of Port Moller, Alaska....
by CoastView | Nov 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Sand Point is a community situated on Humboldt Harbor on the western shore of Popof Island, one of the Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska off the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 262 miles (422 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 65 miles (105 km)...
