by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
The Sandman Reefs are a group of islets, reefs, and wave-washed rocks between the Pavlof Islands and Deer Island in the north, and extending south almost to the Sanak Islands, about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Sand Point and 24 miles (39 km) south of King Cove,...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Peacock Spit is the northern portion of a mostly submerged sand bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington. Peacock Spit was named after the USS Peacock, an exploration ship that...
by CoastView | Jul 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History
Burr Point is a headland on Augustine Volcano in Cook Inlet, about 108 miles (174 km) north-northwest of Kodiak and 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. Burr Point was reputedly named in 1914 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the burr-like appearance...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use
Esquimalt Harbour is a sheltered embayment on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Port Angeles, Washington and 3 miles (4.8 km) west-northwest of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. The harbour is bounded by the communities of...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Berg Bay is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and extends west for 4 miles (6.5 km) off Sitakaday Narrows near the mouth of Glacier Bay, about 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Hoonah, and 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The name was first...
by CoastView | Jul 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Embayments, Natural History
Ekuk is a small village located on Ekuk Spit on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, a branch of Bristol Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Dillingham and 1.3 (2.1 km) miles southwest of Clarks Point, Alaska. This was originally a Yup’ik settlement...
by CoastView | Jul 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Children’s Pool is one of the many gifts that philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps gave to the community of La Jolla, located about 13 miles (21 km) south of Encinitas and 11.4 miles (18 km) northwest of San Diego, California. In 1932, a seawall was built to...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Falling Glacier starts at the northwest end of the Sargent Icefield in the Chugach Mountains and flows northwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to the eastern shore of Kings Bay, about 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Seward and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Whittier,...
by CoastView | Jul 17, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is the marine station of the University of Oregon located a the mouth of Coos Bay, about 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of North Bend and 0.3 miles (0.5 km) north of Charleston, Oregon. The University of Oregon has been teaching and...
by CoastView | Jul 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use
Point MacKenzie is on the northern shore of Cook Inlet, at the entrance to Knik Arm, about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Eagle River and 3.2 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The point was named by George Vancouver on May 4, 1794, for the Right...
