by CoastView | Jan 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Red River starts from the terminus of Red Glacier on the eastern flank of Mount Iliamna and flows southeast for 7 miles (11.3 km) through Lake Clark National Park and Preserve to the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 126 miles (203 km) southwest of Anchorage and 48...
by CoastView | Jan 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Parks
Kukak Bay is the site of a historical razor clam cannery on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 132 miles (212 km) southwest of Homer and 77 miles (124 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The bay extends southwest into the...
by CoastView | Jan 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Natural History
Koyuktolik Bay, also known as Dogfish or Dog Salmon Bay, is about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and located near the entrance to Kachemak Bay on the southeastern shore of Cook Inlet at the southwest tip of the Kenai Peninsula, about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Homer and 15...
by CoastView | Jan 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Toksook Bay is a Yup’ik community on Nelson Island, in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, about 112 miles (181 km) west-southwest of Bethel and 13.5 miles (22 km) west-northwest of Nightmute, Alaska. Nelson Island was named in 1880 by Henry Gannett for Edward William Nelson,...
by CoastView | Jan 14, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Coquille River drains a watershed of 37,760 acres (15,281 ha) in the Coast Range between the Coos River to the north and the Rogue River to the south, and enters the Pacific about 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Blanco at Bandon, Oregon. The river is about 36 miles (58...
by CoastView | Jan 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Jakolof Bay is on the Kenai Peninsula, at the southern end of Kasitsna Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) south of Homer and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska. The name was first reported in 1915 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The local soil type is...
