by CoastView | Dec 13, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, December 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Shipwrecks
La Honda Canyon is a valley formed by CaƱada Honda Creek that enters the Pacific Ocean 0.4 miles (0.6 km) near Woodbury Rocks north of Point Pedernales, about 56 miles (90 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Lompoc, California....
by CoastView | Dec 9, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Cerantes Rocks is a group of reefs and one large islet situated off of San Juan Point, a rocky headland forming the eastern entrance to Port San Juan on Vancouver Island, about 51 miles (82 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 2.4 miles (4 km) southwest of Port Renfrew,...
by CoastView | Dec 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Sukoi Bay is situated at Cape Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 121 miles (195 km) east of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The name is a transliteration by the U.S. Coast and...
by CoastView | Dec 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, December 2024, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Crook Point is a prominent headland within the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge that includes 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of shoreline with sandy beaches and areas of rocky intertidal, offshore rocks, islets, and subtidal reefs with kelp beds, about 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Nov 30, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, November 2024, Parks
Point Montara Lighthouse is located in the coastal community of Montara, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Half Moon Bay, California. The name ‘Montara’ is a corruption of ‘Montoro’ that...
by CoastView | Nov 28, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, November 2024, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Hoh Head is a sandstone headland situated 2.3 miles (3.7 km) northwest of the Hoh River in Olympic National Park, about 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Taholah and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of La Push, Washington. The Hoh River starts at the terminus of the Hoh...
