by CoastView | Mar 7, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Best of 2023, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/OldChenega.mp3 Old Chenega is a historic village at the head of Chenega Cove on the southern tip of Chenega Island in western Prince William Sound, about 82 miles (132 km) west-south-west of...
by CoastView | Mar 6, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Beaches, Best of 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, March 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CoalPoint.mp3 Coal Point forms the tip of the Homer Spit in Kachemak Bay on the southern Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Seldovia and 5.7 miles (9 km) south-east of...
by CoastView | Mar 5, 2026 | 2026, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2026, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CapeScott.mp3 Cape Scott is a headland approximately 500 feet (150 m) high at the extreme north-western point of Vancouver Island in Cape Scott Provincial Park, about 256 miles (412 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 4, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Best of 2025, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Diomede.mp3 Diomede is an Iñupiaq village on the west coast of Little Diomede Island, located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the International Date Line, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Big Diomede...
by CoastView | Mar 3, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Embayments, March 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PortWilliam.mp3 Port William is a historical salmon cannery in an embayment on the southern coast of Shuyak Island that extends 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north from Shuyak Strait, between Port...
by CoastView | Mar 2, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MuguRock.mp3 Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature at Point Mugu, a headland in Point Mugu State Park situated between Thornhill Broome Beach to the east and Mugu Beach to the west in Santa...
by CoastView | Mar 1, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, March 2026, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PortHeiden.mp3 Port Heiden is an embayment on the northern coast of the Alaska Peninsula that extends 9 miles (14 km) south-east from Bristol Bay between Strogonof Point and the community of...
by CoastView | Feb 28, 2026 | 2026, Beaches, Historical, Land Use, March 2026, Oregon, Parks, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PeterIredale.mp3 Peter Iredale was a British four-masted bark that ran aground in 1906 on Clatsop Spit, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Astoria and 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Hammond, Oregon....
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2026, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GrewingkCreek.mp3 Grewingk Creek drains a glaciated watershed of 29,138 acres (11,792 ha) and flows northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the terminus lake of the retreating Grewingk Glacier...
by CoastView | Feb 26, 2026 | 2026, Best of 2025, British Columbia, Developments, Embayments, February 2026, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IslandCopperMine.mp3 Island Copper was an open pit mine at the northern end of Vancouver Island on Rupert Inlet at the head of Quatsino Sound, about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Coal Harbour and...
