by CoastView | Nov 10, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Alitak Lagoon is 4 miles (6.5 km) long and about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Alitak Bay, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Cape Alitak at the south end of Kodiak Island, 93 miles (150 km) southwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska. The name is derived from Cape Alitak and...
by CoastView | Nov 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Christmas Island is about 200 feet (61 m) across, located between Beecher Pass and Duncan Canal, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Petersburg, Alaska. The local name was reported by fishermen in 1947 to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Beecher Pass is a navigable...
by CoastView | Nov 5, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Communities, Islands
Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Mayne Island is in the southern Gulf Islands, midway between the Lower Mainland...
by CoastView | Oct 31, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Natural History, Rivers
Mermaid Island is situated on a tidal flat called McKeon Flats formed by the Wosnesenski River as it flows into Neptune Bay, a bight about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 30, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
D’Arcy Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands in Haro Strait with about 205 acres (83 ha), situated 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west-southwest of the international border and part of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Anacortes and...
by CoastView | Oct 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Parks
Shakun Islets is a group of grass-covered islands and submerged reefs that extend north to south for 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at the entrance of Swikshak Bay in Shelikof Strait on the northeast coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 108...
