by CoastView | Dec 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Whalen Island is located in Sand Lake which is the estuary of Sand Creek that starts at an elevation of 770 feet (235 m) in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally south-southwest for 8 miles (13 km) to the Pacific Ocean draining a watershed of 10,880 acres (4,403...
by CoastView | Dec 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Hoonah is a community situated on the eastern shore of Port Frederick on the northeastern coast of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 40 miles (64 km) west-southwest of Juneau and 24 miles (39 km) south-southeast of Gustavus,...
by CoastView | Dec 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Koyuk is a mixed Yup’ik and Iñupiat community situated at the head of Norton Bay on the right bank of the Koyuk River estuary on the Seward Peninsula, about 129 miles (208 km) east-northeast of Nome and 40 miles (64 km) north of Shaktoolik, Alaska. The village...
by CoastView | Dec 4, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Tongass Island is the historical site of Fort Tongass located near the southern extent of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 4.5 miles (7 km) north of the Canadian Border, bounded by Nakat Bay to the west and a channel called Port Tongass to the east,...
by CoastView | Dec 3, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Rolph, or Ralph Slough is a tidal creek in an area of grass meadows and numerous unnamed sloughs that cut through vast mud flats on the left bank near the mouth of the Nushagak River at Nushagak Point, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Naknek and 6 miles (10...
by CoastView | Dec 2, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Point Reyes Station is a community situated on the San Andreas Rift Zone at the head of Tomales Bay near the tidal estuary of Lagunitas Creek, about 29 miles (47 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.5 miles (6 km) southeast of Inverness, California. Point Reyes...
by CoastView | Dec 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Klawock is a community on the estuary of the Klawock River on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Craig, Alaska. The Klawock River...
by CoastView | Nov 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kongiganak is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the eastern bank of the Kongnignanohk River that flows generally south for 40 miles (64 km) through a watershed of 29,718 acres (12,026 ha) in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to the western shore of...
by CoastView | Nov 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Jack Bay is an estuary surrounded by the Chugach Mountains that extends southeast for 6 miles (10 km) from Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Whittier and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. In 1898, the bay was named by...
by CoastView | Nov 28, 2023 | 2023, Best of 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Restoration Point is a conspicuous ledge on the southern end of Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Bremerton and 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Seattle, Washington. The ledge is formed by an ancient wave-eroded platform that...