by CoastView | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Pachena Point Light Station is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest of Victoria and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia. The light station is situated on Pachena...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Natural History
Point Elrington is a tied island connected by a gravel isthmus to the southwestern tip of Elrington Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 96 miles (155 km) southwest of Cordova and 43 miles (69 km) east-southeast of Seward, Alaska. The point was named by sailing master...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, California, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
SS Dominator is a shipwrecked freighter that ran aground in 1961 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) west of Long Beach and 5.6 miles (9 km) south-southwest of Redondo Beach, California. The U.S. Coast Guard attempted to refloat the vessel but...
by CoastView | Dec 28, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Franklin Point is located in the Año Nuevo State Reserve, 7.3 miles (12 km) south-southeast of Pescadero and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California. It is named after the clipper ship Sir John Franklin that which went aground here in dense fog in 1865....
by CoastView | Dec 10, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use
William Head is a peninsula on the north coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, between Pedder Bay to the south and Parry Bay to the north, 9.7 miles (15.6 km) southeast of Sooke and 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest of Victoria, British Columbia. William Head was named for...
by CoastView | Dec 5, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Heceta Head Lighthouse is at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), on the Heceta headland, 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The site is now the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint. The lighthouse was built in...
