by CoastView | Nov 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Oldmans Bay is about 3 miles (4.8 km) across, located on the southwestern coast of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet, 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Homer and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of Kenai, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1958 by the U.S. Geological...
by CoastView | Nov 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Egg Island is about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) across, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Cape Sedanka and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Old Man Rocks in the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Archipelago, 20 miles (32 km) east-southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The name is a...
by CoastView | Nov 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Shipwrecks
lgalik Island is an arctic barrier island and the easternmost of the Plover Islands, 2.5 miles (4 km) long, at the entrance to Dease Inlet, 36 miles (58 km) east-southeast of Utqiagvik, Alaska. The IƱupiat name was reported in 1910 by Leffingwell to mean...
by CoastView | Nov 13, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Kachemak
Yukon Island is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, located on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Homer, Alaska. The island was named by William Healey Dall in 1880 for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey schooner Yukon. The island is heavily...
by CoastView | Nov 12, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Historical, Islands
Bentinck Island is located between Cape Calver and Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Sooke, and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Victoria, British Columbia. The island was likely named by Captain George Vancouver in 1793 for William...
by CoastView | Nov 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Kitten Pass is a water passage between Rabbit Island and Outer Island, in the Pye Islands group of the Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge, about 48 miles (77 km) east-southeast of Seldovia, and 63 miles (102 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The pass was named in 1927 by...
