by CoastView | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Nehalem Bay is separated from the Pacific Ocean by an along shore dune called Nehalem Spit in Nehalem Bay State Park, about 15 miles (25 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 3.8 miles (6 km) south of Manzanita, Oregon. The sandspit is part of Nehalem Bay State Park....
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History
Boat Pass is a channel between Saturna Island and Samuel Island that provides a passage for small boats between Winter Cove and the Strait of Georgia, about 32 miles (52 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Sidney, British Columbia....
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
SS Northwestern is a historical shipwreck near the head of Captains Bay, the southern arm of Unalaska Bay, on the northeast coast of Unalaska IslandĀ , about 112 miles (181 km) northeast of Nikolski and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the community of Unalaska, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Refuge Rock is in Partition Cove on the eastern shore of Sitkalidak Island, about 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Old Harbor, Alaska. Partition Cove is separated from McDonald Lagoon by a narrow isthmus. Partition Cove was named...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
McNeil River starts from glaciers and alpine lakes in the Aleutian Range of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 35 miles (56 km) to McNeil Cove in Kamishak Bay, 103 miles (166 km) southwest of Homer andĀ 101 miles (163 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
Arness Dock is in Nikiski Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 58 miles (94 km) southwest of Anchorage and 13 miles (21 km) north-northwest of Kenai, Alaska. Nikiski Bay is named for a former Dena’ina village and boat landing reported as “Nikishka No....
