by CoastView | Feb 15, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Halibut Island is about 0.4 miles (0.7 km) long and 0.1 miles (0.2 km) wide and 9.67 acres (3.9 ha), located off the east coast of Sidney Island in Haro Strait, about 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Victoria and 6 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Sidney, British...
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Swanson River starts at an elevation of 224 feet (68 m) at the outlet of Gene Lake in the Swan Lake district on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 40 miles (64 km), draining a watershed of 162,496 acres (65,760 ha), to Number Three Bay on the...
by CoastView | Feb 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kupigruak Channel is one of two main distributaries in the Colville River Delta located about halfway between Utqiagvik at Point Barrow to the west and Kaktovik on Barter Island to the east, about 52 miles (84 km) west-northwest of Deadhorse and 18 miles (29 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Ivanof Bay is a community on the Alaska Peninsula at the head of Ivanof Bay, an estuary of the Ivanof River that starts at an elevation of roughly 1000 feet (305 m) on the south flank of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) draining a...
by CoastView | Feb 11, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Pitkins Curve Bridge and Rock Shed are currently one of the most active landslide sites on the Big Sur Coast Highway situated just north of Limekiln State Park, about 45 miles (73 km) southeast of Monterey and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Lucia, California. The area is...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Hoko River starts in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains at an elevation of roughly 1150 feet (351 m) and flows generally north for 25 miles (40 km), draining a rugged heavily logged watershed of 48,000 acres (19,425 ha) to Kydaka Point on the Strait of Juan de...
