by CoastView | May 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Parks
Gustavus is a community on the north shore of Icy Strait, at the mouth of the Salmon River and across from Pleasant Island, about 48 miles (77 km) west-northwest of Juneau, and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Elfin Cove, Alaska. Gustavus is situated on a large plain...
by CoastView | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff near the southern entrance to Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon. A small community about...
by CoastView | May 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Parks
Hallo Bay is a bight in Shelikof Strait on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 122 miles (197 km) southwest of Homer and 76 miles (123 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The name was first published in 1868 by the U.S....
by CoastView | May 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Glaciers, Parks, Rivers
Dangerous River starts at Harlequin Lake in the Brabazon Mountains of the Fairweather Range and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to the Gulf of Alaska, about 102 miles (165 km) northwest of Gustavus and 50 miles (81 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The name was...
by CoastView | May 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
Turner Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 11,000 feet (3,353 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Cook in the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally southeast for 21 miles (34 km) to Disenchantment Bay at the head of Yakutat Bay, about 214 miles (344 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Cape Spencer is a prominent headland in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve marking the northern entrance to Cross Sound adjacent to an area with numerous offshore islets, rocks, and islands, one of which, near the entrance to Dicks Arm, is the site of a historic...
