by CoastView | Sep 24, 2023 | 2023, California, Parks, Sea Caves, September 2023
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, September 2023
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...
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2023 | 2023, August 2023, Coastal Features, Oregon, Parks, Sea Caves
Natural Bridges Cove is an ancient punchbowl, or littoral sinkhole, along the Oregon Coast Trail in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 10.5 miles (17 km) northwest of Brookings and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Pistol River, Oregon. The punchbowl is about...
by CoastView | Aug 6, 2023 | 2023, August 2023, California, Coastal Features, Sea Caves
The Little River Punchbowl is a littoral sinkhole forming a large open pit surrounded by forest near Little River, about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) northwest of Albion and 2.7 miles (4.4 km) south-southeast of Mendocino, California. The sinkhole was formed by the collapse of...
by CoastView | Apr 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Sea Caves
Roller Bay is located on the west coast of Noyes Island near a prehistoric rock shelter on Cape Addington to the south, and Cape Ulitka to the north, about 122 miles (196 km) southeast of Sitka and 24 miles (39 km) west of Craig, Alaska. The bay was named in 1923 by...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2022 | 2022, Best of 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Sea Caves
Depoe Bay is a community located on a small natural embayment with the same name, 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Lincoln City, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Newport, Oregon. The harbor is only 6 acres (2.4 ha) and is connected to the sea by a narrow chasm. Depoe...
