by CoastView | May 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Gull Island is about 633 feet (193 m) long and 93 feet (28 m) high and is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) northwest of Moosehead Point near the entrance to Peterson Bay on the southeast shore of Kachemak Bay, and about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8...
by CoastView | May 15, 2023 | Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Diamond Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,000 feet (305 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula and drains a watershed of 3,424 acres (1,386 ha) while flowing generally west for about 5 miles (8 km) from Diamond Ridge to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 10...
by CoastView | May 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Tutka Bay is a deglaciated fjord that extends 8.5 miles (14 km) in Kachemak Bay State Park from Eldred Passage to the mouth of an unnamed river that flows generally west-northwest for 7 miles (11 km) from small remnants of the Southern Glacier, about 18 miles (29 km)...
by CoastView | May 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
McKeon Flats is formed by the Wosnesenski River that flows into Neptune Bay on the south shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Seldovia and 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska. McKeon Flats was first published on...
by CoastView | Apr 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Beluga Slough is formed by Bishops Beach and is the tidal estuary of a historical stream called Palmer Creek that drained a watershed on the southern flank of Diamond Ridge on the northern shore of Kachemak Bay in the community of Homer, about 121 miles (195 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 17, 2023 | Alaska, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Flat Islands are situated about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) offshore and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Point Bede on the Kenai Peninsula along the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in southern Cook Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Anchor Point and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of...
