by CoastView | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Shipwrecks
China Cove is a small embayment, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) wide, on the southeast coast of Coronation Island, located between Chatham and Sumner Straits, 93 miles (150 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 106 miles (171 km) northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Coronation Island...
by CoastView | Nov 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Islands, Kachemak
Cohen Island is about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) across, located at the north entrance to Eldred Passage, on the eastern shore of Kachemak Bay, 8 miles (13 km) south of Homer, Alaska. The island was named by William Healey Dall, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, for a...
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...
