by CoastView | Feb 19, 2026 | 2026, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PachenaPoint.mp3 Pachena Point Lighthouse sits 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)...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Elringtonisland.mp3 Point Elrington is a tied-island connected by a gravel isthmus to the south-western tip of Elrington Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 96 miles (155 km) south-west of...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2026 | 2026, California, Headlands, Historical, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PalosVerdes.mp3 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...
by CoastView | Dec 27, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FranklinPoint.mp3 Franklin Point is located in Año Nuevo State Reserve, 7.3 miles (11.7km) south-southeast of Pescadero and 22 miles (35.4km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California. It is named...
by CoastView | Dec 10, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/QuarantineCove.mp3 Quarantine Cove is a bight on the northern shore of William Head, a peninsula near the southern tip of Vancouver Island on the north coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca,...
by CoastView | Dec 5, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HecetaHead.mp3 Heceta Head Lighthouse, located on the Heceta headland at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), is approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence and 13 miles (21 km) south of...
