by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
The Sandman Reefs are a group of islets, reefs, and wave-washed rocks between the Pavlof Islands and Deer Island in the north, and extending south almost to the Sanak Islands, about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Sand Point and 24 miles (39 km) south of King Cove,...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Peacock Spit is the northern portion of a mostly submerged sand bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington. Peacock Spit was named after the USS Peacock, an exploration ship that...
by CoastView | Jul 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History
Burr Point is a headland on Augustine Volcano in Cook Inlet, about 108 miles (174 km) north-northwest of Kodiak and 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. Burr Point was reputedly named in 1914 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the burr-like appearance...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Berg Bay is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and extends west for 4 miles (6.5 km) off Sitakaday Narrows near the mouth of Glacier Bay, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Hoonah, and 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The name was first...
by CoastView | Jul 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Embayments, Natural History
Ekuk is a small village located on Ekuk Spit on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, a branch of Bristol Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Dillingham and 1.3 (2.1 km) miles southwest of Clarks Point, Alaska. This was originally a Yup’ik settlement...
by CoastView | Jul 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Children’s Pool is one of the many gifts that philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps gave to the community of La Jolla, located about 13 miles (21 km) south of Encinitas and 11.4 miles (18 km) northwest of San Diego, California. In 1932, a seawall was built to...