by CoastView | Nov 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Jack Bay is an estuary surrounded by the Chugach Mountains that extends southeast for 6 miles (10 km) from Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Whittier and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. In 1898, the bay was named by...
by CoastView | Nov 27, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Shaw Island is located in Katmai National Park and Preserve, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the Alaska Peninsula near the entrance to Kamishak Bay on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 119 miles (192 km) east-northeast of King Salmon and 79 miles (127 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Natural History, Parks
Cape Kubugakli is a prominent headland on Shelikof Strait that forms the southwest coast of Kashvik Bay and marks the southern coastal boundary of Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 98 miles (158 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 75 miles (121 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Nov 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Islands, Parks, Rivers
Exchamsiks River Provincial Park is in the Coast Mountains at the mouth of the Exchamsiks River on the north side of the Skeena River, about 42 miles (68 km) east of Prince Rupert and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Terrace, British Columbia. The purpose of the park is...
by CoastView | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Best of 2023, Coastal Features, Parks
A sealing observation tower used seasonally by IƱupiat hunters is at the tip of Cape Krusenstern, about 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Kivalina and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. Observation towers are used for locating open water where seals...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
New Dungeness Light Station is located on Dungeness Spit in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. Dungeness Spit...