by CoastView | Sep 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cape Cleare is a headland on the southwest end of Montague Island, at the entrance to Montague Strait that leads to Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The cape was named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock in 1787. In 1791, Captain...
by CoastView | Sep 2, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Mattole River flows for about 62 miles (100 km) through the King Range to the Mattole Estuary and then into the Pacific Ocean at the Punta Gorda State Marine Reserve about 10 miles (16 km) south of Cape Mendocino and 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of the...
by CoastView | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. The lake is drained by a river that flows about...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The Ecola Creek watershed drains approximately 22 square miles (5,698 ha), with...
by CoastView | Aug 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use
Point Naskowhak was an island that is now connected to the mainland of the Kenai Peninsula by a tombolo or spit, creating a tied island at the western entrance to Seldovia Bay, about 15 miles southwest of Homer and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Seldovia, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 29, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Seymour River flows from a large reservoir into Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The river is named after Frederick Seymour who was the governor of British Columbia from 1864 until his death from acute alcoholism aboard the HMS Sparrowhawk at...
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Rivers, Waterfalls
Beaver Falls Creek is on Revillagigedo Island, on the western shore of George Inlet, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The local name was reported in 1915 by G.H. Canfield of the U.S. Geological Survey. The stream starts in an unnamed cirque lake...
by CoastView | Aug 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Bird Point is on the north shore of Turnagain Arm in Cook Inlet, 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of the community of Bird Creek, and 7.5 miles (13 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1898 by Captain Edwin Glenn during explorations for the...
by CoastView | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
The Santa Barbara Lighthouse is located between the East Mesa and West Mesa neighborhoods, about 2 miles (3 km) west of the Santa Barbara Harbor, in the City of Santa Barbara, California. The light was established on December 1, 1856. The site was selected by the U.S....
by CoastView | Aug 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Barry Glacier flows southwest for 16 miles (25 km) to Barry Arm of Harriman Fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Whittier and 58 miles (93 km) east of Anchorage, Alaska. Barry Arm is a fjord that extends south for 10 miles...
