by CoastView | Jul 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Douglas River starts at the terminus of an unnamed glacier on the northwest flank of Fourpeaked Mountain in the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula, and flows north for 28 miles (45 km) to Kamishak Bay, about 108 miles (174 km) northeast of King Salmon and 89 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
North Dawes Glacier starts from the Stikine Icefield at an elevation of about 5,200 feet (1,585 m) on the western flank of Sheppard Peak and flows generally southwest for 15 miles (24 km) to a proglacial lake at an elevation of 1000 feet (305 m) which is 2 miles (3.2...
by CoastView | Jul 6, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Best of 2023, Biodiversity, California, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Salmon Creek starts at an elevation of 570 feet (174 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) draining a watershed of 22,487 acres (9,100 ha) between the Northern Coast Ranges and the Pacific Ocean at Salmon Creek Beach in Sonoma Coast State Park, about...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Yahtse Glacier starts from the south flank of Mount Miller in Barkley Ridge at an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) and flows generally southeast for 40 miles (65 km) through Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve to a tidewater terminus between Guyot Hills...
by CoastView | Jul 2, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Michigan Creek starts at an elevation of 1400 feet (427 m) and flows generally south for 4 miles (6.4 km) through the coast mountains on Vancouver Island and enters the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Pachena Point...
by CoastView | Jun 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Kashteen Peninsula is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve on the eastern shore of Icy Bay, between Tsaa Fjord to the south and Guyot Fjord to the north, and is emerging from under the retreating Guyot Glacier, about 149 miles (240 km)...
