by CoastView | Jun 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Valdez-Glacier.mp3 Old Valdez was the original townsite of Valdez, situated on the outwash plain formed by Valdez Glacier, about 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of Cordova and 3.7 miles (6...
by CoastView | Jun 10, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Meares-Glacier.mp3 Meares Glacier starts at an elevation of about 7200 feet (2195 m) in the Chugach Mountains between Mount Michelson to the north and Columbia Peak to the south and trends...
by CoastView | Apr 14, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Mines, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Baird-Glacier.mp3 Baird Glacier originates in the Stikine Icefield in the Boundary Ranges near the Alaska–British Columbia border and flows southwest for 24 miles (39 km) to an outwash plain 2...
by CoastView | Mar 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brady-Glacier.mp3 Brady Glacier lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, flowing from the Brady Icefield at 11,942 feet (3,640 m) in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains...
by CoastView | Mar 13, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Aialik-Glacier.mp3 Aialik Glacier flows southeast for 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...
by CoastView | Mar 7, 2025 | 2025, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Grapeview.mp3 Grapeview is a community comprising Allyn, Stretch Island, and Reach Island on the western shore at the head of Case Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 19 miles (31 km)...