by CoastView | Dec 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Geikie Inlet is a fjord about 8 miles (13 km) long that trends generally northeast from the mouth of the Geikie River to the western coast of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 130 miles (209 km) southeast of Yakutat and 32 miles (51 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 26, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Piedras Blancas is a prominent headland and the site of a historic light station within the California Coastal National Monument, and surrounded by the Hearst San Simeon State Park, about 73 miles (117 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 6 miles (10 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
West Glacier Creek flows generally south-southeast for about 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Chinitna Bay, draining a watershed between the Chigmit Mountains and Mount Iliamna, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Kenai and 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Dec 24, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Turn Point is a headland with a historic light station on the northwest coast of Stuart Island overlooking Haro Strait to the west and Boundary Pass to the north, located on property that is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument, about 34 miles (55 km) west...
by CoastView | Dec 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Grand Pacific Glacier flows from elevations between 4,925-9,845 feet (1500–3000 m) on the British Columbia-Alaska boundary to Tarr Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 100 miles (161 km) southeast of Yakutat and 66 miles (106 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Dec 20, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, December 2024, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks
Johns Hopkins Inlet is a fjord in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve that starts at the terminus of the Johns Hopkins Glacier and extends for about 10 miles (16 km) to the head of Glacier Bay, about 106 miles (171 km) southeast of Yakutat and 58 miles (93 km)...
