by CoastView | May 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Natural History
Gilmour Point is a headland that forms the northern shore of Port Chalmers on the northwest coast of Montague Island in Prince William Sound, and an area of extensive eelgrass beds, about 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Whittier and 54 miles (87 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | May 13, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Glass Beach is situated in the northern section of Noyo Headlands Park in the community of Fort Bragg, which is between Pudding Creek to the north and Noyo River to the south, about 95 miles (153 km) south-southeast of Eureka and 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendocino,...
by CoastView | May 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Gordon is the site of a historical trading post situated near Demarcation Point, a 2.5 miles (4 km) long barrier spit separating Demarcation Bay to the south from the Beaufort Sea to the north, about 210 miles (338 km) northwest of Inuvik, Northwest Territories and 63...
by CoastView | May 11, 2023 | Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Speel Arm extends generally northeast for 9 miles (14.5 km) from the head of Port Snettisham to the mouth of the Speel River, and is the site of a hydroelectric facility powered by water from Crater Lake and Long Lake, about 95 miles (153 km) northeast of Sitka and 30...
by CoastView | May 10, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Blacks Island is situated at the confluence of the Smith River and the Umpqua River, on the historic spur line of the Southern Pacific Railroad connecting Eugene with Coos Bay, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of Gardiner and 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Reedsport,...
by CoastView | May 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Tutka Bay is a deglaciated fjord that extends 8.5 miles (14 km) in Kachemak Bay State Park from Eldred Passage to the mouth of an unnamed river that flows generally west-northwest for 7 miles (11 km) from small remnants of the Southern Glacier, about 18 miles (29 km)...
