by CoastView | Dec 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Natural History
China Poot Bay is a lagoon that dries at low tide to expose a tidal flat 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, located on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, 15.5 miles (25 km) northeast of Seldovia and 9.5 miles (15 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska. The lagoon is separated from...
by CoastView | Dec 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Kachemak, Natural History
Hesketh Island is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long, located on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, 9.5 miles (15 km) south of Homer and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. In 1880, William Healey Dall named the island for Sir Thomas Hesketh who visited Cook...
by CoastView | Dec 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Natural History
The Herring Islands are located at the entrance to Tutka Bay, on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, 11 miles (18 km) south of Homer and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. The islands were named by William Healey Dall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey...
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 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...
by CoastView | Nov 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Kachemak, Rivers
Eastland Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that flows south for 3 miles (5 km) to Kachemak Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The local name was first reported and published on maps by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1950s. The Kenai...
