by CoastView | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Washington
Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington. On July 12, 1775, Bruno de Heceta, Juan Perez Hernández, and others...
by CoastView | May 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Glaciers, Historical
La Perouse Glacier descends from Mount La Perouse in the Fairweather Range and in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 116 miles (187 km) southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier starts on the south slope of Mount...
by CoastView | May 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Fort Glenn was a World War II military base on the northeast coast of Umnak Island in the Eastern Aleutians, about 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor and 49 miles (79 km) northeast of Nikolski, Alaska. The base was named in 1942 by the U.S. Army for Brigadier...
by CoastView | May 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Historical
Brevig Mission is an Iñupiat village located on Brevig Lagoon, on the north shore of Port Clarence, about 151 miles (244 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 81 miles (130 km) northwest of Nome, Alaska. Brevig Lagoon was probably named after Reverend Tollef L. Brevig, a...
by CoastView | May 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Mary Island is the site of a historic lighthouse located between Felice Strait to the west and Revillagigedo Channel to the east, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Mary...
by CoastView | Apr 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Stardust Bay is situated on the southeast coast of Sedanka Island, which is separated from Unalaska Island by Udagak Strait to the west and Beaver Inlet to the north, about 780 miles (1258 km) southwest of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Dutch Harbor,...
