by CoastView | Nov 26, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, November 2024, Parks
Botanical Beach is located on San Juan Point in Botany Bay at the northern end of Juan de Fuca Provincial Park on the south coast of Vancouver Island, about 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 2 miles (3 km) south-southwest of Port Renfrew, British...
by CoastView | Nov 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, November 2024
Chenega Glacier starts at an elevation of over 5,000 feet (1524 m) in the Sargent Icefield in Chugach National Forest and flows northeast for 10 miles (16 km) and then east for 4 miles (6 km) to Nassau Fjord on the western shore of Prince William Sound on the Kenai...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, November 2024
Akhiok is the southernmost Alutiiq Sugpiat village on Kodiak Island, situated on Akhiok Bay which is on the western shore of Alitak Bay, about 167 miles (269 km) east-northeast of Chignik and 87 miles (140 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. This location was settled in...
by CoastView | Nov 23, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, November 2024, Parks
Fort Point is a promontory where a historic masonry fortification, and later the southern approach of the Golden Gate Bridge, were constructed on the south side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, about 4 miles (6 km) west-northwest of downtown...
by CoastView | Nov 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, November 2024
Symonds Bay is on the north coast of Biorka Island, between Hanus Point to the east and Entrance Islet to the west, and extends about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south to a gravel isthmus with a beach landing, about 184 miles (296 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 16 miles (26...
by CoastView | Nov 19, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, November 2024
Dodge Cove is a small community located on Digby Island, across from Kaien Island on the west side of Prince Rupert Harbour, about 88 miles (142 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Dodge Cove was named in 1907 by...
