by CoastView | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Shipwrecks
FV Kathy Joanne is a shipwreck located on Badger Point, a peninsula between Chugach Bay and Windy Bay on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula at the southern end of the Kenai Mountains, about 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Seward and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Kendrick Island is surrounded by Wakes Cove Provincial Park near the eastern entrance to Gabriola Passage, 0.1 miles (0.2 km) off the northeast coast of Valdes Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver and 12 miles (19 km) east-southeast of Nanaimo,...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use
Excelsior Glacier flows south for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula to its terminus at Big Johnstone Lake, formerly called Excelsior Lake, about 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Chenega Bay and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Vicente is on the Palos Verdes Peninsula between Long Point to the southeast and Resort Point to the northwest, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Santa Monica and 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Long Beach, California. The Palos Verdes Peninsula is the most...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Waterfalls
Taz Basin is a small cove on the west coast of Granite Island, one of the Chiswell Islands on the south coast of Kenai Fjords National Park, about 61 miles (98 km) east of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska. The cove is a remarkable natural...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Sea Caves
Sea Lion Caves are a connected system of sea caves and caverns open to the Pacific Ocean at Sea Lion Point, about 36 miles (58 km) south of Newport and 11 miles (18 km) north of Florence, Oregon. The cave system extends for 1315 feet (401 m) and is the longest in the...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Islands, Waterfalls
The Weeping Wall is a cliff with water seeps on the northwest side of Okmok Volcano on the northeastern part of Umnak Island, one of the Fox Islands in the Eastern Aleutians, about 73 miles (117 km) west-southwest of Dutch Harbor and 49 miles (79 km) north-northeast...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Swartz Bay is at the north end of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island and is the location of a BC Ferries terminal that provides the marine link connecting Highway 17 with the mainland, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tsawwassen and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Kake is a Tlingit village on the northeastern shore of Keku Strait, on the northwest shore of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 95 miles (153 km) south-southeast of Juneau and 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Peterburg, Alaska....
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Natural History
Cooper Island is an Arctic barrier island and one of the Plover Islands on Elson Lagoon on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 129 miles (208 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 24 miles (39 km) east of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The Iñupiat name for the island is Lglurak, generally...
