by CoastView | Jul 24, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Chimney Rock is an islet that lies off the eastern headland of the Point Reyes Peninsula, connected only at low tide, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Point Reyes Light and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Inverness, California. The headland separates the western and...
by CoastView | Jul 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use
Point MacKenzie is on the northern shore of Cook Inlet, at the entrance to Knik Arm, about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Eagle River and 3.2 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The point was named by George Vancouver on May 4, 1794, for the Right...
by CoastView | Jul 4, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Hunters Cove is on the south side of Cape Sebastian, a prominent headland in Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor, about 20 miles (32 km) north-northwest of Brooking and 6.3 miles (10 km) south of Gold Beach, Oregon. The name for the cove reputedly originates from...
by CoastView | Jul 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Diamond Point is a prominent headland situated between Iliamna Bay to the east and Cottonwood Bay to the south, about 126 miles (203 km) northeast of King Salmon and 75 miles (121 km) west of Homer, Alaska. The name was first published in 1907 on charts by the U.S....
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Point Fermin is the site of a historic lighthouse at the southernmost tip of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the city of San Pedro, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Santa Monica and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Long Beach, California. The point is named after Father...
by CoastView | Jun 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Point Pogibshi is a prominent flat-topped grassy headland with rocky sides about 50 feet (15 m) high on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 20 miles (23 km) southwest of Homer, and 5 miles (8 km) north-northeast of Nanwalek, Alaska. The point is the site of a...
