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...
by CoastView | Aug 24, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
The Raft River is a stream located entirely within the Quinault Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula and flows into the Pacific Ocean at Tunnel Island, about 9 miles (15 km) north of Taholah, Washington. Tunnel Island is named for a sea cave that runs through...
by CoastView | Aug 23, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Anchor River is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows west for about 30 miles (48 km) from Bald Mountain to a lagoon at Anchor Point on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern edge of Kachemak Bay, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska. The middle...
by CoastView | Aug 22, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Humpback Bay is an embayment on the north coast of Porcher Island off Malacca Passage, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The bay is the site of a community named Porcher and the now derelict Porcher Island Cannery near the mouth of Back...
by CoastView | Aug 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Delight-Creek.mp3 Delight Creek flows generally southwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) from Delight Lake to the entrance of McCarty Lagoon, approximately 51 miles (82 km) southwest of Seward and 43...
by CoastView | Aug 20, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Edgecumbe.mp3 Mount Edgecumbe is a dormant volcano with an elevation of 3,201 feet (976 m) on the southern coast of Kruzof Island, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Juneau and 16 miles (26...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Jackass-Creek.mp3 Jackass Creek flows generally west for 2.5 miles (4 km) to the Pacific Ocean, about 18 miles (30 km) north-northwest of Westport and 14 miles (22.5 km) southeast of Shelter...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chip-Cove.mp3 Chip Cove is the site of a historic salmon cannery on the western shore of Moser Bay near Olga Narrows, on the southwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 83 miles (133 km)...
