by CoastView | May 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Winter Harbor is an embayment about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) wide on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, near the south entrance to Tuxekan Passage, about 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Klawock, Alaska. The name was...
by CoastView | May 18, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Islands, Natural History
Stephens Island is located in Hecate Strait and includes the Ksgaxl/Stephens Islands Conservancy in the Great Bear Rainforest, about 93 miles (150 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan and 19 miles (30 km) southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The island is part of...
by CoastView | May 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Embayments, Oregon
Nestucca Bay is an estuary of about 1,000 acres (405 ha) formed by a sand spit located where the Nestucca River meets the Pacific Ocean, about 38 miles (61 km) west of McMinnville and at Pacific City, Oregon. The Nestucca Spit separates the estuary from the ocean and...
by CoastView | May 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features
Patton Bay is about 4 miles (6.5 km) wide, located on the southeast coast of Montague Island, about 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Cordova and 70 miles (113 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The bay was named in 1937 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for Rear...
by CoastView | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Washington
Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington. On July 12, 1775, Bruno de Heceta, Juan Perez Hernández, and others...
by CoastView | May 14, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Parks
Hallo Bay is a bight in Shelikof Strait on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 122 miles (197 km) southwest of Homer and 76 miles (123 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The name was first published in 1868 by the U.S....
by CoastView | May 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Glaciers, Parks, Rivers
Dangerous River starts at Harlequin Lake in the Brabazon Mountains of the Fairweather Range and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to the Gulf of Alaska, about 102 miles (165 km) northwest of Gustavus and 50 miles (81 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The name was...
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...
