by CoastView | Jun 26, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cottonwood Creek is on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park and flows generally south for about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Homer and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Voznesenka, Alaska. The creek...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Fish Creek drains an area of about 1.1 million acres (460,000 ha), entirely with the zone of continuous permafrost, and flows generally northeast for about 110 miles (177 km) through the Arctic Coastal Plain in the National Petroleum Reserve to Harrison Bay at the...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Swanberg Dredge is a placer mining machine that extracts gold from sand and gravel and is located in a small artificial pond at Rocker Gulch, about 200 feet (61 m) north of the Nome-Council Highway on the Seward Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) west of Safety and 1...
by CoastView | Jun 22, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
Alamere Falls is located about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north of Double Point where Alamere Creek cascades 40 feet (12 m) over a sea cliff, directly into the ocean at high tides and otherwise onto Wildcat Beach in the Phillip Burton Wilderness of Point Reyes National...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Fossil Point is a prominent landmark in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on the southern shore of Tuxedni Bay, at the north end of Tuxedni Channel and west of Chisik Island, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai and 54 miles (87 km) northwest of Homer,...