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...
by CoastView | May 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments
The Port of Anchorage is on the southeastern shore of Knik Arm at the head of Cook Inlet, about 75 miles (121 km) north of Seward and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and was first established in 1913 as a...
by CoastView | May 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Mary Island is the site of a historic lighthouse located between Felice Strait to the west and Revillagigedo Channel to the east, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Mary...
