by CoastView | Dec 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Port Walter is a fjord 3.7 miles (6 km) long that opens into Chatham Strait on the southeast coast of Baranof Island, about 91 miles (146 km) west of Wrangell and 51 miles (82 km) south-southeast of Sitka, Alaska. The fjord includes a small embayment near the entrance...
by CoastView | Dec 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Sukoi Bay is situated at Cape Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 121 miles (195 km) east of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The name is a transliteration by the U.S. Coast and...
by CoastView | Dec 6, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Muir Beach is a small community situated on the west coast of the Marin Peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with the adjacent sand beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of San Francisco and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Dec 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Tenakee Springs is a community on the north shore of Tenakee Inlet, on the eastern shore of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 46 miles (74 km) southwest of Juneau and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Angoon, Alaska. Tenakee Springs...
by CoastView | Dec 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, December 2024, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Crook Point is a prominent headland within the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge that includes 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of shoreline with sandy beaches and areas of rocky intertidal, offshore rocks, islets, and subtidal reefs with kelp beds, about 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 3, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, December 2024, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Verdant Cove is on the western shore of Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park at the northern entrance to Dora Passage, about 64 miles (103 km) east of Homer and 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska. Verdant Cove is locally named after an adjacent...
