by CoastView | Nov 11, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, November 2024, Rivers
Petersburg is a community on the north end of Mitkof Island where the northern entrance to Wrangell Narrows meets Frederick Sound, about 116 miles (187 km) southeast of Juneau and 32 miles (52 km) northwest of Wrangell, Alaska. Mitkof Island is in the Alexander...
by CoastView | Nov 9, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, November 2024
Hopkins Marine Station is a laboratory of Stanford University located on Point Cabrillo in Monterey Bay and adjacent to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Pacific Grove, about 14 miles (23 km) south-southwest of Moss Landing and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, November 2024, Oregon, Parks
Humbug Mountain rises 1,758 feet (536 m) from sea level on the southern coast of Oregon and lies entirely within Humbug Mountain State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Gold Beach and 6 miles (10 km) south of Port Orford, Oregon. The mountain was originally known...
by CoastView | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Nitrogen Cycle, November 2024, Phosphorus, Rivers
Elkhorn Slough is an estuary about 7 miles (11 km) long that connects with Monterey Bay at the community of Moss Landing, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Santa Cruz and 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of Monterey, California. Elkhorn Slough is the third-largest...
by CoastView | Oct 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, October 2024
Metlakatla is a small Tsimshian community located on the northern shore of Venn Passage, about 87 miles (140 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The village is one of the seven remaining Tsimshian...
by CoastView | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, October 2024
Egegik is a small Yup’ik village on the south bank of Egegik Bay on the eastern shore of Bristol Bay, about 69 miles (111 km) southeast of Dillingham and 37 miles (60 km) south-southwest of Naknek, Alaska. The name was first published in 1835 as Ougagouck by...
