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...
by CoastView | Jun 9, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Pillar Point is a prominent headland forming the northwestern shore of Half Moon Bay and providing partial protection for Pillar Point Harbor, and the site of Pillar Point Air Force Station and a famous surf location called Mavericks, about 20 miles (32 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 7, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Cape Falcon is a headland situated between Short Sand Beach in Smugglers Cove to the south and Cove Beach to the north, and is part of Oswald West State Park and adjacent to Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, about 23 miles (37 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 9 miles...
by CoastView | Jun 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Point Lena is located on Favorite Channel, between Point Stephens to the north and Point Louisa to the south, and is the site of an infamous historical shipwreck and the present-day Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, about 63 miles (102 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | May 31, 2023 | 2023, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Lime Kiln Point is a state park of 42 acres (17 ha) and the site of a historic limestone quarry and kiln on the western shore of San Juan Island, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Roche Harbor and 6 miles (10 km) west of Friday Harbor, Washington. The name ‘San...
