by CoastView | Nov 11, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands
Kitten Pass is a water passage between Rabbit Island and Outer Island, in the Pye Islands group of the Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge, about 48 miles (77 km) east-southeast of Seldovia, and 63 miles (102 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. The pass was named in 1927 by...
by CoastView | Nov 10, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Alitak Lagoon is 4 miles (6.5 km) long and about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Alitak Bay, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Cape Alitak at the south end of Kodiak Island, 93 miles (150 km) southwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska. The name is derived from Cape Alitak and...
by CoastView | Nov 9, 2022 | 2022, California, Headlands, Parks
Pomo Bluffs is a park on the ocean bluffs at Todd’s Point overlooking Noyo Bay about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Fort Bragg in the community of Noyo, California. The park consists of 25 acres (10 ha) of property acquired with grants from the California Coastal...
by CoastView | Nov 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Christmas Island is about 200 feet (61 m) across, located between Beecher Pass and Duncan Canal, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Petersburg, Alaska. The local name was reported by fishermen in 1947 to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Beecher Pass is a navigable...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Headlands, Oregon
The Hubbard Mound is a coastal headland and the location of a historical beach placer mining prospect near the community of Nesika Beach, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Otter Point, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Gold Beach, Oregon. Gold was discovered in the black...
by CoastView | Nov 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Kachemak, Rivers
Eastland Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that flows south for 3 miles (5 km) to Kachemak Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The local name was first reported and published on maps by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1950s. The Kenai...
by CoastView | Nov 5, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Communities, Islands
Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Mayne Island is in the southern Gulf Islands, midway between the Lower Mainland...
by CoastView | Nov 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Indian is an Alaska Railroad siding and small community located on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, on the Seward Highway, 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. The community is surrounded by Chugach State Park. The name is from Indian Creek that starts...
by CoastView | Nov 3, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Kibesillah is the site of a historical lumber-loading chute and for a short time was one of the most important communities on the north coast, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Bragg and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Westport, California. Marine terraces dominate the...
by CoastView | Nov 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Anchor Glacier starts from an elevation of about 5,700 feet (1,737 m) on the eastern flank of McCarty Ridge in the Kenai Mountains and cascades east for 3 miles (5 km) to Northwestern Fjord, about 52 miles (84 km) east-northeast of Homer and 32 miles (52 km) southwest...
