by CoastView | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. The lake is drained by a river that flows about...
by CoastView | Aug 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Barry Glacier flows southwest for 16 miles (25 km) to Barry Arm of Harriman Fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Whittier and 58 miles (93 km) east of Anchorage, Alaska. Barry Arm is a fjord that extends south for 10 miles...
by CoastView | Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Mallard Bay dries at low tide to expose a mudflat situated southwest and adjacent to the mouth of Portlock River on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) east-northeast of Homer and 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Bear...
by CoastView | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Johns Hopkins Glacier starts at an elevation of about 8,000 feet (2,438 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Lituya in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally east-northeast for 13 miles (21 km) to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier...
by CoastView | Jul 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Grewingk-Glacier.mp3 Grewingk Glacier originates from an icefield in the Kenai Mountains and flows northwest to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Seldovia...
by CoastView | Jul 14, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Vassar.mp3 Vassar Glacier flows southeast for 4.3 miles (7 km) from the eastern flank of Peak 8080 in the Chugach Mountains to College Fjord’s western shore. about 52 miles (83 km) west...
