by CoastView | Jan 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Waterfalls
Rookery Falls is located on the northern shore of Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Anchorage and 1.7 miles (1.9 km) north-northeast of Whittier, Alaska. The waterfall is about 200 feet (61 m) high and drains a small lake...
by CoastView | Jan 16, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical
Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord of Prince William Sound that starts at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in the Chugach Mountains and flows generally southwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Yale Arm,...
by CoastView | Jan 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Scidmore Bay is enclosed by the Gilbert Peninsula to the east and the Fairweather Mountains to the west, and is situated within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 119 miles (192 km) southeast of Yakutat and 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska....
by CoastView | Jan 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles (18 km) from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 (81 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier was named by members of the Harriman...
by CoastView | Dec 31, 2021 | 2021, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Stewart is a Canadian border community at the mouth of the Bear River and the head of Portland Canal, connected to Hyder, Alaska by 2 miles (3.2 km) of road, about 99 miles (159 km) east-southeast of Wrangell and 114 miles (183 km) north of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Dec 27, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Nitrogen Cycle, Parks, Phosphorus, Rivers
Coghill River is in Chugach National Forest and flows southwest for 5 miles (8 km) from the terminus of Dartmouth Glacier to Coghill Lake, which is 4.7 miles (7.5 km) long, and then west-southwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to College Fjord near Coghill Point, about 54...
