by CoastView | Feb 11, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Pitkins Curve Bridge and Rock Shed are currently one of the most active landslide sites on the Big Sur Coast Highway situated just north of Limekiln State Park, about 45 miles (73 km) southeast of Monterey and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Lucia, California. The area is...
by CoastView | Jan 4, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Ipiutak is the Iñupiaq name for a prehistorical village that is now an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark on the Tigara Peninsula and the southern shore of Ipiutak Lagoon, about 133 miles (215 km) southwest of Point Lay and 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of...
by CoastView | Oct 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Village Islands is a group of six large islands and many smaller islets that extend for 1.7 miles (2.7 km) along the western shore of Uganik Bay on the northwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (237 km) southwest of Homer and 42 miles (68 km) due west of...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Cape Douglas is a point of land at the base of Mount Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait that forms the southern shore of Sukoi Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer and 81 miles (131 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
by CoastView | Aug 1, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Historical, July 2026, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MountEdgecumbe.mp3 In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Mount Edgecumbe on Kruzof Island, about 93 miles (150 km) southwest of Juneau and 10 miles (16 km) west of Sitka,...
by CoastView | Jul 2, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MichiganCreek.mp3 Michigan Creek starts at an elevation of 1,400 feet (427 m) and flows generally south for 4 miles (6.4 km) through the Coast Mountains on Vancouver Island, entering the...
