by CoastView | Jun 3, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Natural History, Rivers
Chignik River starts at Black Lake and flows south for about 8 miles to Chignik Lake, which is about 7 miles (11 km) long, and then the river continues flowing east for another 2 miles (3.2 km) to Chignik Lagoon, past the fish weir located about 12 miles (19 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical
Griffin Point, also called Uqsruqtalik in the IƱupiat language, is the site of a traditional fish camp on the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, about 240 miles (387 km) west-northwest of Tuktoyuktuk and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Kaktovik,...
by CoastView | Jun 1, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Oregon
Newport is a coastal community on Yaquina Bay on the central Oregon coast, about 39 miles (63 km) west of Corvallis and 23 miles (37 km) south of Lincoln City, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is an estuary, approximately 2,048 acres (829 ha) in area, with freshwater input from...
by CoastView | May 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Best of 2021, Communities, Developments, Embayments
Williamsport is a boat landing and seasonal community at the mouth of Williams Creek in the Chigmit Mountains on the west shore of Iliamna Bay on Cook Inlet, about 75 miles (121 km) west of Homer and 43 miles (70 km) east of Iliamna, Alaska. The community is located...
by CoastView | May 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Historical
Cape Yakataga is a point of land on the Gulf of Alaska, about 100 miles (161 km) northwest of Yakutat and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Yakataga, Alaska. The Tlingit name was first published by Captain Mikhail Tebenkov, of the Imperial Russian Navy, as “Cape...
by CoastView | May 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical
Ellamar is a historical mining camp on Virgin Bay in Prince William Sound, at the base of Ellamar Mountain, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Valdez and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tatitlek, Alaska. A post office was established here in 1900. The mountain was...