by CoastView | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, October 2024, Oregon, Sea Caves
Sea Lion Caves are a connected system of sea caves and caverns open to the Pacific Ocean at Sea Lion Point, about 36 miles (58 km) south of Newport and 11 miles (18 km) north of Florence, Oregon. The cave system extends for 1315 feet (401 m) and is the longest in the...
by CoastView | Aug 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Parks, Sea Caves, Shipwrecks
Helm Point is a prominent headland at the southern tip of Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska between Chatham and Sumner Straits, about 94 miles (151 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 10, 2024 | 2024, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Sea Caves
Point Arena is a narrow headland about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long with a historical lighthouse that marks a significant change in the orientation of the Mendocino Coast, about 34 miles (55 km) south of Fort Bragg and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the community of Point...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Sea Caves
Devil’s Punchbowl is a sinkhole formed by a collapsed sea cave over 70 feet (21 m) deep and 100 feet (30 m) in diameter near the mouth of Russian Gulch Creek in Russian Gulch State Park, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Fort Bragg and 1.6 miles (2.6 km)...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2023 | 2023, California, Parks, Sea Caves
Skips Punchbowl is a littoral sinkhole along the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County, located on the Noyo Headlands about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Fort Bragg and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of Noyo, California. This section of coastline has been...
by CoastView | Sep 18, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Sea Caves
Sunset Cliffs is a neighborhood adjacent to the Pacific Ocean on the western edge of Point Loma, about 7.5 miles (12 km) south of La Jolla and 5 miles (8 km) west of San Diego, California. The area is named for the sheer cliffs which border the ocean and historically...
