by CoastView | Feb 18, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Cannery Cove is an embayment on the western shore of Pybus Bay in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness on the southern coast of Admiralty Island, about 70 miles (113 km) south of Juneau and 24 miles (39 km) north-northwest of Kake, Alaska. The name of the cove was first...
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
North Entrance is a channel connecting Big Salt Lake to Shinaku Inlet at the head of San Alberto Bay on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, about 66 miles (106 km) south-southwest of Wrangell and 5 miles (8 km) north of Klawock, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 16, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
West Ballenas Island is about 100 acres (40 ha) in the Gulf Islands and the site of a historic lighthouse in the Ballenas-Winchelsea Archipelago, an area proposed for a marine park of 12,108 acres (4900 ha), about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Nanaimo and 7 miles (11...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Canoe Passage is a State of Alaska Marine Park of 2,507 acres (1,015 ha) that includes both shores of a small boat passage that trends northwest-southeast and bisects Hawkins Island, located in southeastern Prince William Sound, about 44 miles (71 km) south-southeast...
by CoastView | Feb 12, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Communities, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Ebey’s Landing is a strand on the southwest coast of Whidbey Island on Admiralty Inlet in northern Puget Sound, and the site of a historic pioneer homestead, about 45 miles (72 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Coupeville,...
by CoastView | Feb 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Takli Island is situated in Amalik Bay, between Cape Ilktugitak to the southwest and Cape Atushagvik to the northeast, on the Shelikof Strait coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 154 miles (248 km) southwest of Homer and 81 miles...
