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Limekiln State Park, Rockland Landing

Limekiln State Park, Rockland Landing

by CoastView | Nov 4, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks

Limekiln State Park is 716 acres (290 ha) on the Big Sur coast at Rockland Landing, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of San Simeon and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Lucia, California. The park was established in 1994 and includes the ruins of four historic limekilns,...
Quinhagak, Kanektok River

Quinhagak, Kanektok River

by CoastView | Nov 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Quinhagak, or Kwinhagak, is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta near the mouth of the Kanektok River, about 73 miles (118 km) south of Bethel and 45 miles (72 km) north of Goodnews Bay, Alaska. The name is anglicized from the...
Moses Point, Kwiniuk River

Moses Point, Kwiniuk River

by CoastView | Nov 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers

Moses Point is a fish camp, used mostly by residents of Elim, situated at the mouth of the Kwiniuk River on the northern shore of Norton Bay, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Nome and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Koyuk, Alaska. The name Moses Point also refers to a...
Umkumiut, Nelson Island

Umkumiut, Nelson Island

by CoastView | Oct 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Islands, Land Use, Natural History

Umkumiut is a seasonally occupied Yup’ik fish camp in Kangirlvar Bay, also known as Toksook Bay, located on the western shore of Nelson Island in the Bering Sea, between Atrnak Point to the north and Chinigyak Cape to the south, about 118 miles (190 km)...
Shishmaref, Sarichef Island

Shishmaref, Sarichef Island

by CoastView | Oct 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History

Shishmaref is an Iñupiat community situated on Sarichef Island, a barrier island between Shishmaref Inlet to the south and the Chukchi Sea to the north, on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, about 105 miles (169 km)...
Port Protection, Wooden Wheel Cove

Port Protection, Wooden Wheel Cove

by CoastView | Oct 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History

Port Protection is a community situated on Wooden Wheel Cove, at the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island in Tongass National Forest, about 140 miles (225 km) south-southwest of Juneau and 48 miles (77 km) west-northwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The community is named...
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