by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
The Sandman Reefs are a group of islets, reefs, and wave-washed rocks between the Pavlof Islands and Deer Island in the north, and extending south almost to the Sanak Islands, about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Sand Point and 24 miles (39 km) south of King Cove,...
by CoastView | Jul 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History
Burr Point is a headland on Augustine Volcano in Cook Inlet, about 108 miles (174 km) north-northwest of Kodiak and 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. Burr Point was reputedly named in 1914 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the burr-like appearance...
by CoastView | Jul 16, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Penelakut.mp3 Penelakut Island lies between Stuart Channel to the west and Trincomali Channel to the east in the southern Gulf Islands, about 40 miles (65 km) north-northwest of Victoria and...
by CoastView | Jul 13, 2023 | 2026, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CasketRock.mp3 Casket Rock is the outermost of three large rocks west of Elk, a community about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Fort Bragg and 13 miles (21 km) north of Point Arena,...
by CoastView | Jul 12, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Lighthouses, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LincolnRockLight.mp3 Lincoln Rock and Lincoln Island are small islets in Clarence Strait, part of the Abraham Islands just off the west coast of Etolin Island, about 63 miles (102 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2023 | 2026, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, June 2026, Natural History, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SaltLagoon.mp3 Salt Lagoon sits at the southwestern base of the Spiller Range on Porcher Island, connected by a tidal channel 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long to Porcher Inlet, which extends 11 miles...
