by CoastView | Feb 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, February 2025, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks
James Lagoon is a drowned cirque basin about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide and partially enclosed by the remains of a terminal moraine, situated on the western shore of McCarty Fjord in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 51 miles (82 km) southwest of Seward and 40 miles (64...
by CoastView | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Juneau is the Alaska state capital situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway, Alaska. The community originated in 1880 as a mining camp called...
by CoastView | Feb 4, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve consisting of a series of ancient marine terraces called the Ecological Staircase at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek that exhibit different stages of ecological succession, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, February 2025, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Mines, Rivers, Washington
Slip Point is located on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, at the eastern end of Clallam Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula about 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 0.7 miles (1 km) northeast of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington. The...
by CoastView | Feb 1, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Communities, February 2025, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Terrace is a community at the confluence of the Skeena and Kitsumkalum Rivers, about 71 miles (114 km) east-northeast of Prince Rupert and 64 miles (103 km) southwest of Hazelton, British Columbia. The community name comes from the terraces or benches rising up from...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Old Sitka is the site of a historical Russian settlement called Redoubt Saint Archangel Michael on the southern shore of Starrigavan Bay in Sitka Sound on the west coast of Baranof Island, about 232 miles (373 km) southeast of Yakutat and 5.5 miles (9 km) north of...
