by CoastView | Apr 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Cape Spencer is a prominent headland in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve marking the northern entrance to Cross Sound adjacent to an area with numerous offshore islets, rocks, and islands, one of which, near the entrance to Dicks Arm, is the site of a historic...
by CoastView | Apr 20, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Cape Disappointment is a prominent headland and navigational landmark with a historic lighthouse on the north side of the Columbia River, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington. The cape was named in 1788 by British...
by CoastView | Apr 16, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Shipwrecks
The Hulks is a floating breakwater consisting of ship hulls anchored off the mouth of Powell River originally to protect a log pond for a pulp and paper mill, about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Campbell River and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of the community of...
by CoastView | Apr 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Eldred Rock is a small island and site of a historic lighthouse situated adjacent to Sullivan Island in Lynn Canal, between the Chilkat Range to the west and the Kakuhan Range to the east, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast...
by CoastView | Apr 13, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Nellies Cove is situated on the south side of a rocky headland known as The Heads, between Agate Beach to the north and Port Orford to the south, and is the site of a historic lifeboat station in Port Orford Heads State Park, about 23 miles (37 km) north of Gold Beach...
by CoastView | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Blake Island is a Washington State Marine Park in Puget Sound situated between Bainbridge Island to the north and Vashon Island to the south, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of downtown Seattle and 7 miles (11 km) east of Port Orchard, Washington. The island was named...
