by CoastView | Jul 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Porlier Pass separates Galiano and Valdes Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver and 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Ladysmith, British Columbia. The pass was named in 1791 by José Maria Narváez,...
by CoastView | Jul 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, July 2023, Land Use, Natural History
Shaktoolik is a small community now located on a spit forming Shaktoolik Bay, on the eastern shore of Norton Sound, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Golovin and 35 miles (56 km) north-northwest of Unalakleet, Alaska. Shaktoolik was the first Malemiut native...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Tracy Arm is a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Sitka and 42 miles (67.7 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The Sawyer Glacier is at the head of the fjord which then trends southwest for 28 miles (45 km) to Holkham...
by CoastView | Jul 24, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, July 2023, Land Use, Parks
Chimney Rock is an islet that lies off the eastern headland of the Point Reyes Peninsula, connected only at low tide, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Point Reyes Light and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Inverness, California. The headland separates the western and...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, July 2023, 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 23, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, July 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Peacock Spit is the northern portion of a mostly submerged sand bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington. Peacock Spit was named after the USS Peacock, an exploration ship that...
