by CoastView | Aug 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Fairway Island is on the southeastern coast of Kuiu Island, in Sumner Strait at the entrance to Affleck Canal, about 86 miles (139 km) southeast of Sitka and 71 miles (115 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The island was named in 1886 by Lieutenant Commander A.S....
by CoastView | Aug 30, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Embayments
Sea Lion Cove is on the Mendocino coast just south of Point Arena, about 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Gualala and 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Manchester, California. Sea Lion Cove is part of a marine protected area that covers 0.22 square miles (57 ha) of...
by CoastView | Aug 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers
Lituya Glacier starts on the south flank of Mount Wilbur in the Fairweather Range and flows west for 8 miles (13 km) to Desolation Valley, and then turns southeast and flows for 2.6 miles (4 km) to Gilbert Inlet at the head of Lituya Bay, about 100 miles (162 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Oregon, Parks, Sea Caves
Natural Bridges Cove is an ancient punchbowl, or littoral sinkhole, along the Oregon Coast Trail in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 10.5 miles (17 km) northwest of Brookings and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Pistol River, Oregon. The punchbowl is about...
by CoastView | Aug 27, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Glacier Creek starts from an unnamed glacier on the south flank of Goat Mountain in the Chugach Mountains and flows southwest for 10 miles (16 km) to Turnagain Arm near Girdwood, about 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Whittier,...
by CoastView | Aug 26, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical
Pleasantside is a residential neighbourhood located on the northern shore of Port Moody, which is the eastern extension of Burrard Inlet, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Vancouver and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the community of Port Moody, British Columbia. Port...
by CoastView | Aug 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Chankliut Island is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) wide, located 6 miles (10 km) south of Castle Cape in the Pacific Ocean, about 240 miles (387 km) southwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Chignik, Alaska. The island is uninhabited and...
by CoastView | Aug 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Hatcheries, Rivers
Blind Slough is an estuary about 4 miles (6.5 km) long forming the lower course of the Blind River that flows northwest on Mitkof Island to Wrangell Narrows, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Wrangell and 12 miles (19 km) south of Petersburg, Alaska. Blind River was...
by CoastView | Aug 23, 2023 | 2023, California, Developments, Headlands
The Clinton Della Walker House was designed in 1948 by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed around 1951 on 216 acres (87 ha) of Carmel Point, about 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Monterey and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carmel, California. The piece of property on which...
by CoastView | Aug 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Jeanette Island is a barrier island about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, and one of McClure Islands on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 92 miles (148 km) west-northwest of Kaktovik and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Deadhorse, Alaska. Jeanette Island was named in 1881 by...
