by CoastView | Nov 23, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, November 2024, Parks
Fort Point is a promontory where a historic masonry fortification, and later the southern approach of the Golden Gate Bridge, were constructed on the south side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, about 4 miles (6 km) west-northwest of downtown...
by CoastView | Nov 21, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, November 2024, Oregon, Parks
Cape Sebastian is a prominent headland with an elevation of about 640 feet (195 m) and is one of the 11 named capes along the Oregon coast, about 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south of Gold Beach and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Pistol River, Oregon. The most conspicuous headlands...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Freshwater, Historical, Islands, Land Use, November 2024, Parks, Rivers, Washington
La Push is the traditional community of the Quileute people situated at the mouth of the Quillayute River within the Quileute Indian Reservation and surrounded by the coastal strip of Olympic National Park, about 32 miles (51 km) south of Neah Bay and 12 miles (19 km)...
by CoastView | Nov 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, November 2024, Parks
New Year Islands are at the mouth of Drier Bay in Knight Island Passage on the west coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound, about 55 miles (89 km) east-northeast of Seward and 41 miles (66 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska. The island cluster includes eight...
by CoastView | Nov 12, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, November 2024, Parks
Prager Islands is a group of islands, islets, and tidal reefs in Hecate Strait, situated between Dolphin Island to the east and Goschen Island to the northwest, which are part of the Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm Conservancy within the Great Bear Rainforest, about 39 miles...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, November 2024, Oregon, Parks
Humbug Mountain rises 1,758 feet (536 m) from sea level on the southern coast of Oregon and lies entirely within Humbug Mountain State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Gold Beach and 6 miles (10 km) south of Port Orford, Oregon. The mountain was originally known...