by CoastView | Jan 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Ikatan Peninsula is connected to the northeastern tip of Unimak Island by a sand spit or tombolo separating Ikatan Bay to the north from Otter Cove to the south and is the site of the historical community of Ikatan, about 143 miles (230 km) northeast of Unalaska and 8...
by CoastView | Jan 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Whittier is a community and marine terminal for the Alaska Railroad and cruise ships, situated on the alluvial fan of Whittier Creek on the south shore of Passage Canal, a deglaciated fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 82 miles (132 km) west-southwest...
by CoastView | Jan 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Kenai is a community situated at the site of Shk’ituk’t, a historical Dena’ina village located on the west coast of the Kenai Peninsula, on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet at the mouth of the Kenai River, about 65 miles (15 km) southwest of Anchorage...
by CoastView | Jan 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Point Hope is an Iñupiaq whaling community also known as Tikiġaq or Tigara, situated on a barrier spit that extends northwest from Cape Thompson and joins another spit that extends southwest from the Lisburne Peninsula to enclose several lagoons including Marryat...
by CoastView | Jan 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Valdez is a community situated on the outwash fan of Mineral Creek on the north shore and near the head of Port Valdez in northeastern Prince William Sound, about 82 miles (132 km) east-northeast of Whittier and 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Cordova, Alaska....
by CoastView | Jan 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kotzebue is a community situated between Cape Blossom to the south and Pipe Spit to the east near the tip of the Baldwin Peninsula that separates Kotzebue Sound from Hotham Inlet, about 149 miles (240 km) southeast of Point Hope and 73 miles (117 km) west-northwest of...
