by CoastView | May 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Glaciers, Historical
La Perouse Glacier descends from Mount La Perouse in the Fairweather Range and in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 116 miles (187 km) southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier starts on the south slope of Mount...
by CoastView | May 11, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Islands, Shipwrecks
Seabird Rocks are located near the mouth of Pachena Bay in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Port Renfrew and 6 miles (10 km) south of Bamfield, British Columbia. This is where Soquel, a 698-ton four-masted schooner built in San...
by CoastView | May 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Fort Glenn was a World War II military base on the northeast coast of Umnak Island in the Eastern Aleutians, about 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor and 49 miles (79 km) northeast of Nikolski, Alaska. The base was named in 1942 by the U.S. Army for Brigadier...
by CoastView | May 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Natural History
Torch Bay is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long, located on the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Cape Spencer, 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Hoonah and 41 miles (66 km) west-southwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The bay was...
by CoastView | May 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Shipwrecks
McIver Bight is a cove on the southwestern coast of Unalaska Island, 825 miles (1,330 km) southwest of Anchorage and 38 miles (62 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The local name was first published in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot. McIver Bight forms the...
by CoastView | May 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Historical
Brevig Mission is an IƱupiat village located on Brevig Lagoon, on the north shore of Port Clarence, about 151 miles (244 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 81 miles (130 km) northwest of Nome, Alaska. Brevig Lagoon was probably named after Reverend Tollef L. Brevig, a...
by CoastView | May 6, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Embayments, Lighthouses, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Yaquina Bay Light is located on the north shore of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Corvallis and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is an estuary of the Yaquina River, approximately 2048 acres (829 ha) in area, with a...
by CoastView | May 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments
The Port of Anchorage is on the southeastern shore of Knik Arm at the head of Cook Inlet, about 75 miles (121 km) north of Seward and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and was first established in 1913 as a...
by CoastView | May 4, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Rivers
The Red River is a stream on Kodiak Island that flows south for about 4.5 miles (7 km) to Shelikof Strait, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bumble Bay, and about 80 miles (129 km) southwest of Kodiak and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Ayakulik, Alaska. The name is a translation...
by CoastView | May 3, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Islands, Natural History
Jude Island is about 0.2 miles (0.3 km) across and located off the Alaska Peninsula between Unga and Wosnesenski islands, about 48 miles (77 km) northeast of King Cove and 24 miles (39 km) west-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska. The island was named “Apostle Jude...
