by CoastView | Sep 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Elizabeth Island is about 3 miles (4.8 km) across, and along with Perl Island and East Chugach Island, it is one of the three Chugach Islands located on the north side of Kennedy Entrance about 96 miles (155 km) north-northeast of Kodiak and 36 miles (58 km)...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands
Point Woronzof is a headland in Cook Inlet on the south coast of Knik Arm, 4 miles (6.5 km) west of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The point was named after the Russian diplomat Semyon Vorontsov, by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey of the Royal Navy who was a member of Captain...
by CoastView | Sep 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cape Cleare is a headland on the southwest end of Montague Island, at the entrance to Montague Strait that leads to Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The cape was named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock in 1787. In 1791, Captain...
by CoastView | Aug 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use
Point Naskowhak was an island that is now connected to the mainland of the Kenai Peninsula by a tombolo or spit, creating a tied island at the western entrance to Seldovia Bay, about 15 miles southwest of Homer and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Seldovia, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Bird Point is on the north shore of Turnagain Arm in Cook Inlet, 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of the community of Bird Creek, and 7.5 miles (13 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1898 by Captain Edwin Glenn during explorations for the...
by CoastView | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
The Santa Barbara Lighthouse is located between the East Mesa and West Mesa neighborhoods, about 2 miles (3 km) west of the Santa Barbara Harbor, in the City of Santa Barbara, California. The light was established on December 1, 1856. The site was selected by the U.S....
