by CoastView | Mar 3, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Cordova Bay is a shallow bight and a community located on the eastern shore of the Saanich Peninsula in the municipality of Saanich, one of the 13 cities comprising the Greater Victoria Region on Vancouver Island, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Sidney and...
by CoastView | Mar 2, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Langara is the northernmost island of the Haida Gwaii archipelago and the site of a historic light station that marks the southern boundary of Dixon Entrance, about 94 miles (151 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska and 38 miles (61 km) west-northwest of Masset, British...
by CoastView | Mar 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Boot Bay is 3 miles (5 km) west of Kagalaska Strait on the south coast of Adak Island, the site of intensive military activity from 1942 to 1997, near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, about 443 miles (713 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 29, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
Floras Creek starts from an elevation of roughly 2,786 feet (849 m) on the north flank of Edson Butte in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally west for 13 miles (21 km), draining a watershed of 51,652 acres (20,903 ha) to the outlet of Floras Lake where the...
by CoastView | Feb 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Alokut Point is a steep promontory with a summit elevation of 1015 feet (310 m) that represents an abrupt change in direction of the Cape Lisburne coastline and forms the northwest terminus of the Lisburne Hills, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Point Lay and 39...
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
McBride Glacier starts from a series of cirques at elevations near 5500 feet (1676 m) on the southern flank of the Takhinsha Mountains in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and flows generally south for roughly 10 miles (16 km) to McBride Inlet which connects to...
by CoastView | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Bering River starts from a series of ice-marginal lakes and streams draining from the Martin River, Steller, and Bering glaciers, and flows generally south-southwest for 18 miles ( km) to Controller Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, about 63 miles (102 km) west of Cape...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Scotia River starts at an elevation of 5,023 feet (1,531 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally north-northwest for 14 miles (22 km) through the Great Bear Rainforest, draining a watershed of 33,360 acres (13,500 ha) to the southern shore, or left bank, of the...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Browns Point is a conspicuous landmark in Puget Sound located at the southern end of East Passage and at the entrance to Commencement Bay, about 21 miles (34 km) south-southwest of Seattle and 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tacoma, Washington. In May 1841, the U.S....
by CoastView | Feb 23, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Mad River starts in the Coast Range at an elevation of 4,845 ft (1,477 m) and flows generally northwest for 113 miles (182 km), draining a watershed of 318,080 acres (128,722 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles (19 km) north of Eureka and 1.8 miles (3 km)...
