by CoastView | Mar 6, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Cape Scott is a headland about 500 feet (150 m) high at the extreme northwestern point of Vancouver Island in Cape Scott Provincial Park, about 256 miles 412 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert and 41 miles (66 km) west of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The promontory...
by CoastView | Mar 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2024, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Diomede.mp3 Diomede is an Iñupiaq village on the west coast of Little Diomede Island, located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the International Date Line, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Big Diomede...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Terror Bay is on the northern coast of Kodiak Island and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, about 32 miles (52 km) east-northeast of Larsen Bay and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use
Elfin Cove is an embayment that extends south from Cross Sound for 1 mile (1.6 km) and narrows to just over 100 feet (30 m) on the western shore of the Inian Peninsula at the northern end of Chichagof Island in Tongass National Forest, about 80 miles (129 km) west of...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Mutton Cove is an embayment on Unalaska Island, about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) across, situated on the northern shore of Chernofski Harbor and protected by Observatory Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) northeast of Nikolski and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Dutch...
by CoastView | Feb 15, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Lime Kiln Light was established in 1919 on Lime Kiln Point, a day-use park of 36 acres (15 ha) overlooking Deadman Bay to the south and Haro Strait to the west on the west coast of San Juan Island, about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Victoria and 6.4 miles (10 km)...
