by CoastView | Sep 29, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ThreeArchRocks.mp3 Three Arch Rocks are massive arched basalt sea stacks located south of Cape Meares and 0.5 miles (0.9 km) offshore from Maxwell Point at the community of Oceanside, about 8...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
New Point Loma Light is a station at the southern tip of Point Loma, a peninsula with a prominent headland that forms the western shore of San Diego Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south of La Jolla and 5.6 miles (9 km) southwest of downtown San Diego, California. The...
by CoastView | Sep 3, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Yaquina Head is a prominent basalt headland, adjacent to the community of Agate Beach, rising over 100 feet (30 m) in elevation and extending 0.75 miles (1.2 km) into the Pacific Ocean, about 9 miles (15 km) south of Depoe Bay and 3 miles (5 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Sep 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
Chil Bo San No. 6 is a shipwreck on Spray Cape, a conspicuous headland on the west coast of Unalaska Island between Skan Bay to the north and Pumicestone Bay to the south, about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Nikolski and 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor,...
by CoastView | Aug 22, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Point Conception is located on the Gaviota Coast, at the western end of the Santa Barbara Channel, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Santa Barbara and 13 miles (21 km) south of Lompoc, California. The double headlands of Point Conception and Point Arguello, which are...
by CoastView | Aug 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use
Tin City is a historical mining community on Cape Prince of Wales, located at the mouth of Cape Creek and adjacent to Cape Mountain on the Seward Peninsula, about 103 miles (166 km) northwest of Nome and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wales, Alaska. Cape Prince of Wales...
