by CoastView | Apr 18, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Teahwhit Head is a rocky headland with a natural sea arch and the site of a historical shipwreck on the coast of Olympic National Park in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Forks and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Delarof Harbor is an embayment and the site of the historical village of Unga on the southeast coast of Unga Island, the largest of the Shumagin Islands, about 73 miles (118 km) southwest of Perryville and 9.5 miles (15 km) south of Sand Point, Alaska. The harbor was...
by CoastView | Apr 16, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Shipwrecks
The Hulks is a floating breakwater consisting of ship hulls anchored off the mouth of Powell River originally to protect a log pond for a pulp and paper mill, about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Campbell River and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of the community of...
by CoastView | Apr 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Eldred Rock is a small island and site of a historic lighthouse situated adjacent to Sullivan Island in Lynn Canal, between the Chilkat Range to the west and the Kakuhan Range to the east, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast...
by CoastView | Apr 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Sudden Stream drains the Malaspina Coastal Plain, flowing generally south for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the outlet of Malaspina Lake, a proglacial lake at the terminus of the Malaspina Glacier, to a lagoon formed by a barrier spit called Schooner Beach on Yakutat Bay,...
by CoastView | Apr 13, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Nellies Cove is situated on the south side of a rocky headland known as The Heads, between Agate Beach to the north and Port Orford to the south, and is the site of a historic lifeboat station in Port Orford Heads State Park, about 23 miles (37 km) north of Gold Beach...
