by CoastView | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, October 2024, Parks, Waterfalls
Rudyerd Bay is a deglaciated fjord in the Coast Range of Southeast Alaska in Misty Fjords National Monument, about 89 miles (143 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The fjord extends northeast for 11.5 miles (19...
by CoastView | Oct 17, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, October 2024, Waterfalls
Beloit Glacier flows northeast for about 2 miles (3.2 km) from an unnamed ice field on the Kenai Peninsula to Blackstone Bay in Prince William Sound, about 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Valdez and 9 miles (15 km) south of Whittier, Alaska. Beloit Glacier is a...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, October 2024, Parks, Waterfalls
Taz Basin is a small cove on the west coast of Granite Island, one of the Chiswell Islands on the south coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 61 miles (98 km) east of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska. The cove is a remarkable natural...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Islands, October 2024, Waterfalls
The Weeping Wall is a cliff with water seeps on the northwest side of Okmok Volcano on the northeastern part of Umnak Island, one of the Fox Islands in the Eastern Aleutians, about 73 miles (117 km) west-southwest of Dutch Harbor and 49 miles (79 km) north-northeast...
by CoastView | Jul 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Rivers, Waterfalls
Baranof is a community located at the head of Warm Springs Bay, at the outlet of Baranof Lake, on the Chatham Strait coast of Baranof Island, about 86 miles (139 km) south-southwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) east of Sitka, Alaska. The Tlingit name for the island...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
McNeil River starts from glaciers and alpine lakes in the Aleutian Range of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 35 miles (56 km) to McNeil Cove in Kamishak Bay, 103 miles (166 km) southwest of Homer and 101 miles (163 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
