by CoastView | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Gull Rock is a point of land on the south shore of Turnagain Arm on the Kenai Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Anchorage and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Hope, Alaska. The name was first published in 1943 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey....
by CoastView | Oct 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Reindeer Island is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long and is the westernmost of the six Midway Islands in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 21 miles (34 km) north of Deadhorse, Alaska. The island was named in 1910...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kern Creek is between Portage and Girdwood on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska. The stream flows southwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the Chugach Mountains. The name...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Aitiligauraq Shelter Cabin is in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwestern Alaska and is situated on the south bank of an unnamed creek that flows west for 5 miles (8 km) from Eigaloruk Mountain to a coastal lagoon, about 110 miles (177 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Mines, Rivers
Sixmile Creek flows north for 8 miles (13 km) to the historical community of Sunrise on Turnagain Arm, about 27 miles (44 km) southeast of Anchorage and 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. The watershed starts as Granite Creek which flows from the top of...