by CoastView | Jun 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
The Scotch Cap Light is located on the southwest corner of Unimak Island, and the eastern shore of Unimak Pass, about 714 miles (1151 km) southwest of Anchorage and 81 miles (131 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The light provides a navigational aid at the...
by CoastView | Jun 10, 2024 | 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Oregon
The Cape Arago Light is the third of a series of light towers built on Gregory Point and Chiefs Island just south of the entrance to Coos Bay, about 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Coos Bay and 3 miles (5 km) west of Charleston, Oregon. The headland was originally...
by CoastView | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff near the southern entrance to Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon. A small community about...
by CoastView | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Best of 2021, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Washington
Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington. On July 12, 1775, Bruno de Heceta, Juan Perez Hernández, and others...
by CoastView | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Cape Tanak is a headland on the north coast of Umnak Island in the Eastern Aleutian Islands between Cape Idak to the east and Ashishik Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor and 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Nikolski, Alaska. The name of...
by CoastView | Apr 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Cape Spencer is a prominent headland in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve marking the northern entrance to Cross Sound adjacent to an area with numerous offshore islets, rocks, and islands, one of which, near the entrance to Dicks Arm, is the site of a historic...
