by CoastView | Aug 15, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Cape Kiwanda is a sandstone headland with an elevation of 240 feet (73 m), protected by a basalt island known as Haystack Rock lying 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the southwest, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southwest of Tillamook and 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Pacific City,...
by CoastView | Aug 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
Black Reef is on the west shore of Cook Inlet about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore between North Head and Knoll Head on a peninsula between Iliamna Bay and Iniskin Bay, and the site of the SS Farallon shipwreck, about 130 miles (209 km) northeast of King Salmon and 71...
by CoastView | Aug 10, 2024 | 2024, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Sea Caves
Point Arena is a narrow headland about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long with a historical lighthouse that marks a significant change in the orientation of the Mendocino Coast, about 34 miles (55 km) south of Fort Bragg and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the community of Point...
by CoastView | Aug 4, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Shipwrecks
Point Cabrillo is a sandstone headland marked with a lighthouse, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, about 6.7 miles (11 km) south of Fort Bragg and 1.3 miles (2 km) southwest of Caspar, California. The point was named in 1870 by the U.S. Geological Survey for the...
by CoastView | Aug 3, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Thor’s Well is at Cook’s Chasm, a fissure in the rock approximately 400 feet (122 m) long and 60 feet (18 m) wide between Captain Cook Point and Cape Perpetua, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Florence and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2024 | 2024, California, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Trinidad Head is a prominent headland joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus adjacent to the town of Trinidad and protecting Trinidad Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Crescent City and 18 miles (29 km) north of Eureka, California. The bay is one of the few...
