by CoastView | Feb 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Brady Glacier is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and flows from the Brady Icefield, at an elevation of 11,942 feet (3,640 m) in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains, to Taylor Bay on the north shore of Cross Sound, about 139 miles (224...
by CoastView | Feb 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aialik Glacier flows southeast for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains to tidewater at Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 66 miles (106 km) east-northeast of Homer and 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Washington
Grapeview is a community that includes Allyn, Stretch Island, and Reach Island located on the western shore at the head of Case Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 19 miles (31 km) west-northwest of Tacoma and 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Shelton, Washington. Grapeview...
by CoastView | Jan 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use
The Dirty Glacier flows generally north for about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from an elevation of 3,800 feet (1,158 m) in the Chugach Mountains of western Prince William Sound to its terminus at an outwash plain about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the head of Harriman Fjord, about 71...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Ancon Rock is a reef about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) off Point Gustavus on the eastern shore and at the entrance to Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 55 miles (89 km) west of Juneau and 8.5 miles (12 km) southwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The reef is...
by CoastView | Jan 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical
Bainbridge Glacier starts on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows generally east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47 miles (76 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 36 miles (58 km) east of Seward, Alaska....
