by CoastView | Mar 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses
Cape Hinchinbrook is a headland with a light station on the southwestern point of Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound, about 79 miles (127 km) southeast of Whittier and 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The cape was named in 1778 by Captain James...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Cluster Cone Rocks are at Bear Harbor, the site of a historical lumber wharf built over the rocky point that protects a small south-facing embayment with a sandy beach in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park on the Mendocino coast, about 21 miles (34 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Mar 14, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Lily Point Marine Reserve is a park located on Boundary Bay at the southeastern tip of Point Roberts, an exclave of the United States on the southern coast of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Vancouver and 30 miles (48 km) northwest...
by CoastView | Mar 6, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Cape Scott is a headland about 500 feet (150 m) high at the extreme northwestern point of Vancouver Island in Cape Scott Provincial Park, about 256 miles 412 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert and 41 miles (66 km) west of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The promontory...
by CoastView | Mar 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature at Point Mugu, a headland in Point Mugu State Park, situated between Thornhill Broome Beach to the east and Mugu Beach to the west in Santa Monica National Recreation Area, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Malibu, and 9 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Shipwrecks
Dangerous Cape is a headland with an elevation of 66 feet (20 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula, at the northern entrance of Port Graham near the mouth of Kachemak Bay, about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of the community of Port...
