by CoastView | Sep 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Morse Glacier is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and starts in the Alsek Range of the Saint Elias Mountains, and flows south-southeast for 9 miles (14.5 km) to an exposed outwash plain near the terminus of the Muir Glacier at the head of Muir Inlet, about...
by CoastView | Sep 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Aurora Lagoon is on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, on the Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The shallow lagoon dries at low tide exposing a mudflat about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across and backed by spruce and birch-covered slopes....
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The Ecola Creek watershed drains approximately 22 square miles (5,698 ha), with...
by CoastView | Aug 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Delight Creek flows generally southwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) from Delight Lake to the entrance of McCarty Lagoon, an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide and 2 miles (3.2 km) long on the eastern shore of McCarty Fjord, on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula in...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Jackass Creek starts from an elevation of about 1,400 feet (427 m) on the western flank of Jackass Ridge and flows generally west for 2.5 miles (4 km) to the Pacific Ocean draining a watershed of about 3,458 acres (1,400 ha), about 18 miles (30 km) north-northwest of...
by CoastView | Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Mallard Bay dries at low tide to expose a mudflat situated southwest and adjacent to the mouth of Portlock River on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) east-northeast of Homer and 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Bear...
