by CoastView | Apr 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kipnuk is a Central Yup’ik village situated on a sharp bend of the Kuguklik River, 5 miles (8 km) upstream from the estuary in Kinak Bay on the Bering Sea, about 98 miles (158 km) southwest of Bethel and 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Chefornak, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Apr 27, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Friendly Cove is an embayment on Nootka Island situated at the northern entrance to Nootka Sound, and is the site of a historic lighthouse and the Yuquot National Historic Site of Canada, about 72 miles (116 km) south-southeast of Port McNeill and 45 miles (72 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Marys Slough is a side channel about 5 miles (8 km) long at the mouth of the Unalakleet River formed by a barrier spit on Norton Sound that creates an extensive tidal wetland, about 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Saint Michael and 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Sinuk River starts from a series of deglaciated cirques at an elevation of 1,890 feet (576 m) on the west flank of Tigaraha Mountain on the Seward Peninsula, and flows generally southwest for 44 miles (71 km), draining a watershed of 190,572 acres (77,122 ha), to the...
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...
