by CoastView | Apr 30, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Lax Kw’alaams is a Tsimshian community on Port Simpson, an embayment on the eastern coast of Chatham Sound between Flewin Point to the north and Finlayson Island to the south, about 76 miles (123 km) southeast of Ketchikan, and 18 miles (29 km) north-northwest...
by CoastView | Apr 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2024, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Savoonga is a Siberian Yupik community situated on the north flank of the Kookooligit Mountains at Savoonga Point on the north coast of Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, about 164 miles (265 km) southwest of Nome and 39 miles (63 km) east of Gambell, Alaska....
by CoastView | Apr 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Nome is a community at the mouth of the Snake River on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula on Norton Sound, about 289 miles (466 km) northwest of Bethel and 185 miles (298 km) southwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The name is from nearby Cape Nome, but the origin of the...
by CoastView | Apr 27, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Año Nuevo Island is the site of a historic light tower and fog signal on about 9 acres (3.6 ha) and separated from Point Año Nuevo by a shallow channel encompassed by Año Nuevo State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 11 miles (18 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shelter Cabins
Safety Sound is a lagoon along the Nome-Council Highway, formed by barrier beaches with elevations up to 14 feet (4.2 m), which extends 15 miles (24 km) along the north coast of Norton Sound between Cape Nome to the west and the Solomon River to the east, about 52...
by CoastView | Apr 25, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Siltcoos River begins at the outlet of Siltcoos Lake and meanders generally west for 3 miles (4.8 km) through the Oregon Coastal Dunes to the Pacific Ocean, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Florence and 13 miles (21 km) north of Reedsport, Oregon. A watershed of 43,520...
