by CoastView | Feb 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Kiukpalik Island is 1.3 miles (2 km) long and 0.6 miles (1 km) wide and is part of Katmai National Park and Preserve, but situated 2 miles (3.2 km) offshore from the Alaska Peninsula in Shelikof Strait, about 112 miles (181 km) east of King Salmon and 72 miles (116...
by CoastView | Feb 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Estero Americano is an estuary about 4 miles (6.5 km) long that connects to Bodega Bay and is fed by Americano Creek that starts at an elevation of roughly 250 feet (76 m) in the coastal hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties and flows west for 11 miles (18 km) draining a...
by CoastView | Feb 3, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Little Boston is a community at the base of Point Julia on the east side entrance of Port Gamble, an inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula near the entrance to Hood Canal, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Seattle and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Port Townsend, Washington....
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History, Rivers
Solivik Island is an Arctic barrier island that extends southwest for 16.5 miles (27 km) from Icy Cape Pass in the north to Utukok Pass in the south and forms the northern portion of Kasegaluk Lagoon, about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Wainwright and 28 miles (45...
by CoastView | Feb 1, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Amakdedulia Cove is an embayment about 2 miles (3.2 km) across on the western shore of Kamishak Bay in southwestern Cook Inlet, about 98 miles (158 km) northeast of King Salmon and 98 miles (158 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The name was reported in 1923 by K.F....
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Kitlope River starts from the Kitimat Ranges and flows generally northwest to the head of Gardner Canal, about 125 miles (202 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 75 miles (121 km) north of Bella Bella, British Columbia. The Kitlope Valley and the river are named for...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shelter Cabins
Kookoolik is a historical community, also known as Kukulik, located on Cape Kookoolik on the northern coast of Saint Lawrence Island, about 160 miles (258 km) southwest of Nome and 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Savoonga, Alaska. Kookoolik was one of several Saint Lawrence...
by CoastView | Jan 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Kapaloak Creek starts from an elevation of roughly 1200 feet (366 m) in the Lisburne Hills and flows generally west for 8.5 miles (14 km) to Cape Dyer on the Chukchi Sea and the site of a historical Iñupiat village, about 110 miles (177 km) southwest of Point Lay and...
by CoastView | Jan 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Washington Bay trends east for 2 miles (3.2 km) on the northwest coast of Kuiu Island and is the site of a historical herring reduction facility near the head of the bay that is flanked by steep mountains rising abruptly to 2,800 feet (853 m) on the north and 2,200...
by CoastView | Jan 28, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use
KFS WebSDR is co-located with the KFS Kiwi high-frequency radio receiver station near the mouth of Lobitos Creek, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 0.8 miles (1.3 km) west of Lobitos, California. For many years this station provided continuous-wave...
