by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Point McIntyre is a low point of land at the west entrance to Prudhoe Bay, in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 120 miles (194 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska. The point was named by Ernest de Koven...
by CoastView | Aug 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Headlands, Historical
Cape Fanshaw is a low wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Cape Fanshaw Light is at the point on a skeleton tower with daymarks 33 feet (10...
by CoastView | Aug 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Parks
Kincaid Park is 1,517 acres (614 ha) located on Point Campbell between Knik and Turnagain Arms at the head of Cook Inlet, 5.2 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The park was created in 1978 on the site of a deactivated Nike missile base. The park...
by CoastView | Aug 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Claybluff Point is a low headland at the base of the Robinson Mountains, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Icy Cape, about 34 miles (55 km) east-southeast of Yakataga and 69 miles (111 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. Icy Cape is a point of land at the northwest entrance...
by CoastView | Aug 2, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses
Helen Point is located on the northwestern corner of Mayne Island and has a light and range marker to aid navigation through Active Pass, about 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Vancouver and 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Helen Point...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2023 | 2023, California, Communities, Headlands, Rivers
Ellysly Creek runs along the base of the shoreline hills within Harmony Headlands State Park, about 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Cayucos and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Harmony, California. Harmony Headlands is a coastal park of 748 acres (303 ha)...
