by CoastView | Nov 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Hydaburg is a community situated on Sukkwan Strait at the northern end of Cordova Bay, opposite Sukkwan Island to the south, on the highly convoluted southwestern coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago, about 160 miles (258 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Umkumiut is a seasonally occupied Yup’ik fish camp in Kangirlvar Bay, also known as Toksook Bay, located on the western shore of Nelson Island in the Bering Sea, between Atrnak Point to the north and Chinigyak Cape to the south, about 118 miles (190 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Shishmaref is an IƱupiat community situated on Sarichef Island, a barrier island between Shishmaref Inlet to the south and the Chukchi Sea to the north, on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, about 105 miles (169 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Saint Michael is a community situated on the eastern coast of Saint Michael Island, on Saint Michael Bay which is on the southern coast of Norton Sound, about 47 miles (76 km) southwest of Unalakleet and 8 miles (13 km) east-southeast of Stebbins, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Oct 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Ninagiak Island is about 1.2 miles (2 km) long and 0.2 miles wide, located in Hallo Bay near the mouth of the Ninagiak River on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Shelikof Strait, about 122 miles (197 km) southwest of Homer and 75 miles (121 km) northwest of...
by CoastView | Oct 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Village Islands is a group of six large islands and many smaller islets that extend for 1.7 miles (2.7 km) along the western shore of Uganik Bay on the northwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (237 km) southwest of Homer and 42 miles (68 km) due west of...
