by CoastView | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Johns Hopkins Glacier starts at an elevation of about 8,000 feet (2,438 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Lituya in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally east-northeast for 13 miles (21 km) to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier...
by CoastView | Jul 31, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Moss Harbor is a low tide lagoon at the head of China Poot Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska. China Poot Bay is nearly dry at low water, and a narrow channel along...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Tlell River starts on the eastern flank of Graham Island in Haida Gwaii and drains a watershed of about 85,000 acres (34,400 ha), flowing generally north-northeast for 28 miles (45 km) to Hecate Strait near the wreck of the steamship SS Pezuta, about 29 miles (47 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Carry Inlet is an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.9 km) across that extends for 3 miles (5 km) into the northwest coast of Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, about 81 miles (130 km) south-southwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska. Shuyak...
by CoastView | Jul 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Sheshalik is a spit about 6 miles (10 km) long consisting of accretionary beach ridges with some lagoons situated in Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Kotzebue Sound, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Noatak and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Sycamore Creek flows generally west for about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the crest of Pfeiffer Ridge in the Los Padres National Forest through Sycamore Canyon to Pfeiffer Beach on the Big Sur coast, about 26 miles (42 km) south of Monterey and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of...
