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...
by CoastView | Jan 22, 2025 | 2025, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Fort Ross is a historic Russian settlement now part of Fort Ross State Historic Park, situated on a small bight called Fort Ross Cove south of Northwest Cape, about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Gualala and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Jenner, California. The name...
by CoastView | Jan 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles (18 km) from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 (81 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier was named by members of the Harriman...
by CoastView | Jan 20, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Washington
Swantown is a historic area of the Washington State capital, situated at the southernmost end of Budd Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Tacoma and now part of downtown Olympia, Washington. The area was named after John M. Swan, an early...
