by CoastView | Dec 28, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
The Marine Exchange Lookout Station is on Fort Miley at Lands End in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, about 6 miles (10 km) west of downtown San Francisco and 2.7 miles (4.4 km) southwest of the Presidio at the Golden Gate, California. After gold was...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
New Dungeness Light Station is located on Dungeness Spit in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. Dungeness Spit...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2023 | 2023, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses, Washington
Marrowstone Point is a low broad spit on the north shore of Marrowstone Island that marks the entrance to Port Townsend Bay from Admiralty Inlet, about 38 miles (61 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Port Townsend, Washington. Captain...
by CoastView | Aug 2, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses
Helen Point is located on the northwestern corner of Mayne Island and has a light and range marker to aid navigation through Active Pass, about 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Vancouver and 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Helen Point...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Porlier Pass separates Galiano and Valdes Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver and 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Ladysmith, British Columbia. The pass was named in 1791 by José Maria Narváez,...
by CoastView | Jul 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Natural History
Lincoln Rock and Lincoln Island are small islets in Clarence Strait in Southeast Alaska, about 63 miles (102 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The islets are part of the Abraham Islands just off the west coast of Etolin...
