by CoastView | Nov 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Oliktok Point is the eastern point of the entrance to Harrison Bay on the Beaufort Sea, about 16 miles (26 km) west of Beechey Point, 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Nuiqsut, and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Iñupiaq name was first reported by...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Headlands, Lighthouses
Cape Decision is a headland on the southern end of Kuiu Island in Southeast Alaska, 105 miles (169 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The cape was named in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver because here he decided the...
by CoastView | Nov 9, 2022 | 2022, California, Headlands, Parks
Pomo Bluffs is a park on the ocean bluffs at Todd’s Point overlooking Noyo Bay about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Fort Bragg in the community of Noyo, California. The park consists of 25 acres (10 ha) of property acquired with grants from the California Coastal...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Headlands, Oregon
The Hubbard Mound is a coastal headland and the location of a historical beach placer mining prospect near the community of Nesika Beach, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Otter Point, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Gold Beach, Oregon. Gold was discovered in the black...
by CoastView | Oct 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History
Seldovia Point is a headland on the Kenai Peninsula at the northeast entrance to Seldovia Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13.5 miles (22 km) southwest of Homer and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) north of Seldovia, Alaska. The name is derived from the Russian word...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Garcia River starts at an elevation of 856 feet (261 m) and flows generally northwest for 44 miles (71 km), draining a watershed of 92,160 acres (37,296 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean north of Point Arena Lighthouse at Manchester State Park, about 34 miles (55 km)...