by CoastView | Jun 26, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Waterfalls
Salt Lagoon is situated at the southwestern base of the Spiller Range on Porcher Island and is connected by a tidal channel 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long to Porcher Inlet that extends 11 miles (81 km) from the south and nearly bisects the island, about 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
West Dock Causeway was constructed in the Beaufort Sea between Gwydyr Bay to the west and Prudhoe Bay to the east in support of oil exploration and to access a seawater treatment facility 2.5 miles (4.3 km) north from the mainland, about 59 miles (95 km) northeast of...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Guyot Glacier starts from an elevation of about 6,700 feet (2,042 m) on the eastern flank of Yaga Peak in the Robinson Mountains and flows generally east-southeast for 34 miles (55 km) to its terminus just south of the Guyot Hills on the western shore of Icy Bay in...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Point Fermin is the site of a historic lighthouse at the southernmost tip of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the city of San Pedro, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Santa Monica and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Long Beach, California. The point is named after Father...
by CoastView | Jun 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Sumdum Glacier starts on the south flank of Mount Sumdum with a summit elevation of 6,666 feet (2,032 m) and flows southwest to a hanging terminus at 2,100 feet (640 m) and the start of Powers Creek that flows 2 miles (3.2 km) to the eastern shore of Endicott Arm,...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Best of 2024, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Umpqua Beach is an off-highway vehicle staging area south of the Umpqua River mouth in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area that extends for about 35 miles (56 km) along the coast from the Siuslaw River at Florence in the north to the Coos River at North Bend,...
by CoastView | Jun 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Nordyke Island is about 35 feet (11 m) high, flat topped and grass covered, and located in Kamishak Bay, about 115 miles (186 km) northwest of Kodiak and 96 miles (155 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. Two smaller flat grass-topped islands are southwest of Nordyke...
by CoastView | Jun 19, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Race Rocks is a group of nine islets including North Rock, West Race, Great Race, and Rosedale Rock located about 1 mile (1.6 km) off Cape Calver on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Victoria and 11...
by CoastView | Jun 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Sumdum is a historical Tlingit village of the S’awdaan Kwáan located north of Powers Creek at the northern end of Endicott Arm where it meets Holkham Bay in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, about 70 miles (113 km) north-northwest of Petersburg and 49 miles (79 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Tigertail Glacier starts at an elevation of about 2,850 feet (869 m) in the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 3.3 miles (5.3 km) and terminates 0.2 miles (0.3 km) from the western shore of Nassau Fjord, which is a northern arm...