by CoastView | May 11, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Islands, Shipwrecks
Seabird Rocks are located near the mouth of Pachena Bay in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Port Renfrew and 6 miles (10 km) south of Bamfield, British Columbia. This is where Soquel, a 698-ton four-masted schooner built in San...
by CoastView | May 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Shipwrecks
McIver Bight is a cove on the southwestern coast of Unalaska Island, 825 miles (1,330 km) southwest of Anchorage and 38 miles (62 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The local name was first published in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot. McIver Bight forms the...
by CoastView | May 6, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Embayments, Lighthouses, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Yaquina Bay Light is located on the north shore of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Corvallis and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is an estuary of the Yaquina River, approximately 2048 acres (829 ha) in area, with a...
by CoastView | Apr 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Stardust Bay is situated on the southeast coast of Sedanka Island, which is separated from Unalaska Island by Udagak Strait to the west and Beaver Inlet to the north, about 780 miles (1258 km) southwest of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Dutch Harbor,...
by CoastView | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Cape Tanak is a headland on the north coast of Umnak Island in the Eastern Aleutian Islands between Cape Idak to the east and Ashishik Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor and 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Nikolski, Alaska. The name of...
by CoastView | Apr 18, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Teahwhit Head is a rocky headland with a natural sea arch and the site of a historical shipwreck on the coast of Olympic National Park in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Forks and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-southeast of...
