by CoastView | Jan 28, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, January 2025
Mount Westdahl, also known as Westdahl Peak, is a relatively young glacier-capped volcano with a summit elevation of 5,118 feet (1,560 m), located at the southwest end of Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands, about 527 miles (848 km) southwest of Kodiak and...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Crescent Beach is situated between Ecola Point and Chapman Point in Ecola State Park, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Astoria and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The beach is accessible by a trail 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long from Ecola...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Rivers
Little Port Walter is an embayment and the name of a research facility on the southern shore of Port Walter, on the southeastern coast of Baranof Island and on the western shore of Chatham Strait, about 53 miles (85 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 9 miles (14.5 km)...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Rivers
Cowichan Bay is a community situated on the south shore of an estuary shared by the Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers that form an extensive tidal flat on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 26 miles (42 km) north-northwest of Victoria and 4 miles (6 km)...
by CoastView | Jan 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Atmospheric Aerosols, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Rivers
Eagle River Flats is a tidal flat and salt marsh of 2,471 acres (1,000 ha) at the mouth of Eagle River on Eagle Bay, which is on the eastern shore of Knik Arm in Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Anchorage and 7 miles (11 km) west of...
by CoastView | Jan 23, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Sledge Island is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across and situated in the Bering Sea, 5 miles (8 km) off the south coast of the Seward Peninsula, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Wales and 25 miles (40 km) west of Nome, Alaska. Sledge Island, like neighboring islands...
