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Rolph Slough, Nushagak Point

Rolph Slough, Nushagak Point

by CoastView | Dec 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Rolph, or Ralph Slough is a tidal creek in an area of grass meadows and numerous unnamed sloughs that cut through vast mud flats on the left bank near the mouth of the Nushagak River at Nushagak Point, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Naknek and 6 miles (10...
Point Reyes Station, Tomales Bay

Point Reyes Station, Tomales Bay

by CoastView | Dec 2, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Point Reyes Station is a community situated on the San Andreas Rift Zone at the head of Tomales Bay near the tidal estuary of Lagunitas Creek, about 29 miles (47 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.5 miles (6 km) southeast of Inverness, California. Point Reyes...
Klawock, Prince of Wales Island

Klawock, Prince of Wales Island

by CoastView | Dec 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Klawock is a community on the estuary of the Klawock River on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Craig, Alaska. The Klawock River...
Kongiganak, Kuskokwim Bay

Kongiganak, Kuskokwim Bay

by CoastView | Nov 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Kongiganak is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the eastern bank of the Kongnignanohk River that flows generally south for 40 miles (64 km) through a watershed of 29,718 acres (12,026 ha) in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to the western shore of...
Jack Bay, Valdez Arm

Jack Bay, Valdez Arm

by CoastView | Nov 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shelter Cabins

Jack Bay is an estuary surrounded by the Chugach Mountains that extends southeast for 6 miles (10 km) from Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Whittier and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. In 1898, the bay was named by...
Restoration Point, Bainbridge Island

Restoration Point, Bainbridge Island

by CoastView | Nov 28, 2023 | 2023, Best of 2025, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Washington

Restoration Point is a conspicuous ledge on the southern end of Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Bremerton and 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Seattle, Washington. The ledge is formed by an ancient wave-eroded platform that...
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