by CoastView | Apr 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Cape Saint Elias comprises a prominent headland and Pinnacle Rock, and is the site of a historic lighthouse at the southwest end of Kayak Island, 172 miles (277 km) west of Yakutat and 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The headland was named by Vitus...
by CoastView | Apr 18, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Teahwhit Head is a rocky headland with a natural sea arch and the site of a historical shipwreck on the coast of Olympic National Park in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Forks and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 13, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Nellies Cove is situated on the south side of a rocky headland known as The Heads, between Agate Beach to the north and Port Orford to the south, and is the site of a historic lifeboat station in Port Orford Heads State Park, about 23 miles (37 km) north of Gold Beach...
by CoastView | Apr 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Headlands, Natural History
Gore Point is a major headland with a summit elevation of 1411 feet (430 m) on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula that extends 2.5 miles (4 km) into the Gulf of Alaska, about 83 miles (134 km) south-southwest of Seward and 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Cape Alava is a point of land on the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Olympic National Park, and bordering the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Forks and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The cape is...
by CoastView | Apr 3, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Islands, Natural History
Devils Bay is a bight about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide on the north shore of Black Cape, a prominent headland on the northwest coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Island Archipelago, about 97 miles (156 km) southwest of Homer and 48 miles (77 km) northwest of the...
