by CoastView | Apr 17, 2023 | Alaska, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Flat Islands are situated about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) offshore and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Point Bede on the Kenai Peninsula along the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in southern Cook Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Anchor Point and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Apr 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Embayments, Islands, Natural History
Steamboat Bay is the site of a historic salmon cannery on the north coast of Noyes Island, part of the Prince of Wales Archipelago in the Gulf of Esquibel of Southeast Alaska, about 122 miles (197 km) southeast of Sitka and 77 miles (124 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Apr 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Islands, Lighthouses, Natural History
Five Fingers is a group of islets and the site of a historic lighthouse situated at the southern entrance to Stephens Passage, about 67 miles (108 km) east-northeast of Sitka and 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. Stephens Passage was named in 1794 by...
by CoastView | Apr 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Sea Caves
Roller Bay is located on the west coast of Noyes Island near a prehistoric rock shelter on Cape Addington to the south, and Cape Ulitka to the north, about 122 miles (196 km) southeast of Sitka and 24 miles (39 km) west of Craig, Alaska. The bay was named in 1923 by...
by CoastView | Apr 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Islands, Natural History
Lake Bay is the site of a salmon hatchery on the southern coast of Esther Island in northwestern Prince William Sound, and the deglaciated fjord extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest from Wells Passage, about 63 miles (101 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 20 miles (32...
by CoastView | Apr 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Gambier Bay is the site of an infamous shipwreck and a historical salmon cannery operated by Admiralty Trading Company near Stephens Passage on the east coast of Admiralty Island, about 61 miles ( km) northwest of Petersburg and 59 miles (km) south-southeast of...
