by CoastView | Oct 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Islands, October 2024, Waterfalls
The Weeping Wall is a cliff with water seeps on the northwest side of Okmok Volcano on the northeastern part of Umnak Island, one of the Fox Islands in the Eastern Aleutians, about 73 miles (117 km) west-southwest of Dutch Harbor and 49 miles (79 km) north-northeast...
by CoastView | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, September 2024
Grand Plateau Glacier starts on the north flank of Mount Fairweather in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally northwest for 19 miles (31 km) where it splits into two terminal lobes, with the southern lobe flowing 6 miles (10 km) to...
by CoastView | Sep 22, 2024 | 2021, Biodiversity, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Drift Creek Landing is a community on the south bank of the Alsea River, opposite the confluence of Drift Creek, a major Coast Range tributary joining the Alsea about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Waldport, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Newport and 9 miles...
by CoastView | Sep 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Parks, Rivers, September 2024
Togiak River starts at Togiak Lake and drains a watershed of 1,279,512 acres (517,800 ha), flowing generally southwest for 58 miles (93 km) to a wetland marsh about 4 miles (6 km) wide where the river channel splits, with the east channel flowing past the village of...
by CoastView | Sep 8, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Climate Change, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Islands, Land Use, September 2024
Fairfax Point is a point of land at the southern tip of Moresby Island, one of the Southern Gulf Islands, about 41 miles (66 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. The island and the point are named after Rear...
by CoastView | Aug 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Jago River starts at an unnamed glacier on the continental divide of the Romanzof Mountains in the Brooks Range and flows north for about 90 miles (145 km) through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Jago Lagoon, about 88 miles (142 km) east-northeast of...
