by CoastView | Jan 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Kitlope River starts from the Kitimat Ranges and flows generally northwest to the head of Gardner Canal, about 125 miles (202 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 75 miles (121 km) north of Bella Bella, British Columbia. The Kitlope Valley and the riverĀ are named for...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Bear Glacier starts from an elevation of roughly 4,000 feet (1,219 m) on the eastern flank of the Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords National Park and descends generally southeast for 17 miles (27 km) to a proglacial lake dammed by a terminal moraine between Bear...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Kuliak Bay is about 4 miles (6.5 km) wide at the entrance on the western shore of Shelikof Strait and gradually tapers to the northwest for 5 miles (8 km) into Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, about 92 miles (148 km) southeast of King Salmon...
by CoastView | Jan 24, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Margerie Glacier starts at an elevation of 9,860 feet (3,005 m) on the international border of the United States and Canada between Mount Root to the north and Mount Fairweather to the south and flows generally east for 21 miles (34 km) to tidewater at Tarr Inlet in...
by CoastView | Jan 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Seward is a historic community at the base of Mount Marathon on the western shore of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula and near the mouth of the Resurrection River, about 80 miles (129 km) west-northwest of Homer and 79 miles (127 km) south of Anchorage, Alaska....
by CoastView | Jan 14, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Titlow Beach is an urban neighborhood on the eastern shore of the Tacoma Narrows at the site of a historical fish camp used by the Puyallup and Nisqually tribes situated on a tidal wetland now called Titlow Lagoon, about 5.8 miles (9.4 km) south-southeast of Gig...
