by CoastView | Feb 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Alokut Point is a steep promontory with a summit elevation of 1015 feet (310 m) that represents an abrupt change in direction of the Cape Lisburne coastline and forms the northwest terminus of the Lisburne Hills, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Point Lay and 39...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Browns Point is a conspicuous landmark in Puget Sound located at the southern end of East Passage and at the entrance to Commencement Bay, about 21 miles (34 km) south-southwest of Seattle and 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tacoma, Washington. In May 1841, the U.S....
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Embayments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Point Robinson is the eastern point of Maury Island in Puget Sound and the site of a historic lighthouse, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Seattle and 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Tacoma, Washington. The point was named in 1841 by the United States Exploring...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Hoko River starts in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains at an elevation of roughly 1150 feet (351 m) and flows generally north for 25 miles (40 km), draining a rugged heavily logged watershed of 48,000 acres (19,425 ha) to Kydaka Point on the Strait of Juan de...
by CoastView | Jan 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Kapaloak Creek starts from an elevation of roughly 1200 feet (366 m) in the Lisburne Hills and flows generally west for 8.5 miles (14 km) to Cape Dyer on the Chukchi Sea and the site of a historical Iñupiat village, about 110 miles (177 km) southwest of Point Lay and...
by CoastView | Jan 4, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Ipiutak is the Iñupiaq name for a prehistorical village that is now an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark on the Tigara Peninsula and the southern shore of Ipiutak Lagoon, about 133 miles (215 km) southwest of Point Lay and 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of...
