by CoastView | Jan 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
Monks Lagoon is on Icon Bay, a bight about 1 mile (1.6 km) across, on the southeastern shore of Spruce Island, about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) north of Kodiak and 5.7 miles (9 km) south-southeast of Ouzinkie, Alaska. Spruce Island is northeast and across Narrow Strait from...
by CoastView | Jan 12, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in Haro Strait between Cordova Channel to the west and Sidney Channel to the east, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria and 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of Sidney, British Columbia. The island has an area of...
by CoastView | Jan 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cross Island is an Arctic barrier island, about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, located between McClure Islands to the southeast and Midway Islands to the west on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 74 miles (119 km) northeast of Nuiqsut and 24 miles (40 km) north-northeast of...
by CoastView | Jan 8, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Washington
Doe Bay is a small community on the southeastern shore of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11.3 km) southeast of the community of Eastsound, and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Olga, Washington. The name “Orcas” is a...
by CoastView | Dec 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Canneries, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Natural History
Snug Harbor is a historical cannery located along a bight on the west coast of Chisik Island, at the southern end of Tuxedni Channel, on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 51 miles (82 km) northwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai, Alaska. Chisik...
by CoastView | Dec 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands
Coco Harbor is an estuary that extends west for 3 miles (4.8 km) from Baldy Bay, off Tlevak Strait, on the east coast of Dall Island, Alaska. Baldy Bay was first reported by E.F. Dickins in 1907, and Coco Harbor was first published on charts in 1914 by U.S. Coast and...
