by CoastView | Oct 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Kasaan is a small community on the north shore of Kasaan Bay and the southern shore of the Kasaan Peninsula, on the east coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 65 miles (105 km) south of Wrangell and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Kasaan is the...
by CoastView | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Dofflemyer Point is located in the community of Boston Harbor, on the eastern shore of South Puget Sound, and defines the entrance to Budd Inlet, about 23 miles (37 km) west-southwest of Tacoma and 7 miles (11 km) north of Olympia, Washington. Olympia was founded in...
by CoastView | Oct 16, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
The Lucy Islands is a small group of islets and reefs situated 26 miles (42 km) south of the Alaska border at the intersection of Brown Passage and Chatham Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 12 miles (19 km) west of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Oct 14, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Pinos is in the community of Pacific Grove at the northern end of the Monterey Peninsula and is the location of the oldest continuously operated lighthouse on the U.S. west coast, about 24 miles (39 km) south-southeast of Santa Cruz and 3 miles (4.8 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Tillamook Head is a steep rocky promontory with an elevation of approximately 1,200 feet (366 m), located in Ecola State Park, about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Seaside and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The promontory is named after the...
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Shipwrecks
FV Kathy Joanne is a shipwreck located on Badger Point, a peninsula between Chugach Bay and Windy Bay on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula at the southern end of the Kenai Mountains, about 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Seward and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of...
