by CoastView | Feb 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Parks
Lituya Bay is a fjord located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on the outer coast of Southeast Alaska, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 70 miles (113 km) west-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The Tlingit name for the bay means ‘lake within...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Terror Bay is on the northern coast of Kodiak Island and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, about 32 miles (52 km) east-northeast of Larsen Bay and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Best of 2023, California, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Tennessee Cove is an embayment with a sandy beach about 600 feet (180 m) long on the Pacific Ocean between Pirates Cove to the north and Rodeo Cove to the south in Golden Gate National Recreation Area about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.6 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use
Elfin Cove is an embayment that extends south from Cross Sound for 1 mile (1.6 km) and narrows to just over 100 feet (30 m) on the western shore of the Inian Peninsula at the northern end of Chichagof Island in Tongass National Forest, about 80 miles (129 km) west of...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Shipwrecks
Dangerous Cape is a headland with an elevation of 66 feet (20 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula, at the northern entrance of Port Graham near the mouth of Kachemak Bay, about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of the community of Port...
by CoastView | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Pachena Point Light Station is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest of Victoria and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia. The light station is situated on Pachena...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Mutton Cove is an embayment on Unalaska Island, about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) across, situated on the northern shore of Chernofski Harbor and protected by Observatory Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) northeast of Nikolski and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Dutch...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Polly Creek and Little Polly Creek drain a combined watershed of 16,113 acres (6,521 ha), on the southern flank of an unnamed ridge that extends southeast from the summit of Mount Redoubt, and flow generally south for 9 miles (14.5 km) and 8 miles (12.8 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Shipwrecks
King Philip was a clipper ship that wrecked in 1878 on Ocean Beach, on the west coast of the San Francisco Peninsula in the Sunset District, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Golden Gate Park and 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of downtown San Francisco, California. Ocean...
