by CoastView | Apr 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Nuka River starts from Bradley Pass in the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of roughly 1400 feet (427 m) and flows generally south for 10 miles (16 km), draining a watershed of 34,503 acres (13,963 ha), to Beauty Bay between Storm Mountain to the north and Mount Diablo...
by CoastView | Apr 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks
North Crillon Glacier starts from a cirque at an elevation near 6,200 feet (1,890 m) on the west flank of Mount Crillon in the Fairweather Range, and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) and then makes an abrupt turn to the north and continues for another 3...
by CoastView | Apr 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Cape Alava is a point of land on the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Olympic National Park, and bordering the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Forks and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The cape is...
by CoastView | Apr 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cascade Glacier starts from the western slope of Peak 7788 (2,374 m) in the Fairweather Range and flows generally west for 2.6 miles (4 km) to the head of Lituya Bay in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 67 miles...
by CoastView | Mar 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Clover Point is a park of about 10 acres (4 ha) owned by the City of Victoria located between Ross Bay to the east and Finlayson Bay to the west at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Oak Bay and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Mar 30, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cowell Ranch Beach is at the southern end of Half Moon Bay near the ghost town of Purissima, and the northern boundary of the historical Cowell Ranch, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of the community of Half Moon Bay,...
