by CoastView | Sep 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Sadie River starts on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of about 3,200 feet (975 m) and flows generally west-northwest for 6 miles (10 km) through Kachemak Bay State Park to the head of Sadie Cove, about 14.5 miles (23 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Sep 20, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Kachemak
Mariner Lagoon is situated at the base of the Homer Spit, about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the community of Homer, Alaska. The lagoon was formed when Coal Bay was bisected by a road causeway in the 1940s to provide more reliable access to a deepwater harbor at the...
by CoastView | Sep 13, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use
Millers Landing is on the north shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula, about 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska. The local name was first reported and published by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1950s. Millers Landing is named after Charles Miller...
by CoastView | Sep 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aurora Lagoon is on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The shallow lagoon dries at low tide exposing a mudflat about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across and backed by spruce and birch-covered slopes....
by CoastView | Aug 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use
Point Naskowhak was an island that is now connected to the mainland of the Kenai Peninsula by a tombolo or spit, creating a tied island at the western entrance to Seldovia Bay, about 15 miles southwest of Homer and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Seldovia, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 23, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Anchor River is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows west for about 30 miles (48 km) from Bald Mountain to a lagoon at Anchor Point on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern edge of Kachemak Bay, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska. The middle...
