by CoastView | Jul 15, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Hug Point is a headland in Hug Point State Recreation Site on the northern Oregon coast, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the community of Arch Cape and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The name dates to the late 19th century when this remote section of...
by CoastView | Jul 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
Cathedral Rocks is an island 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of Cathedral Point on the northern shore of Makushin Bay, on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Eastern Aleutians, about 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Nikolski and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor,...
by CoastView | Jul 11, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Tree Point is a historic lighthouse on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel on the Southeast Alaska mainland, about 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Prince Rupert, and 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The light is currently an active and important aid...
by CoastView | Jul 9, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Lighthouses, Oregon
Cleft of the Rock Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on Cape Perpetua, at the mouth of North Cape Creek, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Florence and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The lighthouse is named after the Fanny Crosby hymn He Hideth My...
by CoastView | Jul 4, 2024 | 2024, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks, Shipwrecks
SS South Portland is a historical shipwreck on Cape Blanco, a prominent headland that extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) into the Pacific Ocean with cliffs 200 feet (61 m) high, about 205 miles (331 km) southwest of Portland and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Port Orford,...
by CoastView | Jun 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands
Alitak is a historical salmon cannery and fish processing plant located on Lazy Bay at the southern end of Kodiak Island, about 152 miles (245 km) southeast of King Salmon and 92 miles (148 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The cannery is named after Cape Alitak, a...
