by CoastView | Oct 20, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Canneries, Communities, Historical, Natural History, Rivers
Klamath River flows for 257 miles (415 km) from a broad patchwork of lakes and marshes at the edge of the Oregon high desert, through the Cascade Range and the Klamath Mountains, and enters the Pacific Ocean at the community of Requa, about 52 miles (84 km) north of...
by CoastView | Oct 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Tigara Peninsula is a prominent point of land extending west for 13 miles (21 km) from the mouth of the Kukpuk River on the Cape Lisburne peninsula into the Chukchi Sea, about 320 miles (516 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 151 miles (244 km) northwest of Kotzebue,...
by CoastView | Oct 19, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Washington
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is a U.S Navy facility on 179 acres (72.4 ha) on the north shore of Sinclair Inlet at Bremerton, about 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Tacoma and 15 miles (24 km) west of Seattle, Washington. It is the Pacific Northwest’s largest naval...
by CoastView | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Gull Rock is a point of land on the south shore of Turnagain Arm on the Kenai Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Anchorage and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Hope, Alaska. The name was first published in 1943 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey....
by CoastView | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Fulford Harbour is an embayment and a small community on the southeast coast of Salt Spring Island, about 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Vancouver and 9 miles (14.5 km) north-northwest of Sidney, British Columbia. Fulford Harbour is a BC Ferries terminal with regular...
by CoastView | Oct 17, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Ewan Bay is on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula and extends northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Dangerous Passage, about 84 miles (135 km) west of Cordova and 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska. The local name was reported in 1908 by Grant and...
by CoastView | Oct 16, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Reindeer Island is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long and is the westernmost of the six Midway Islands in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 21 miles (34 km) north of Deadhorse, Alaska. The island was named in 1910...
by CoastView | Oct 15, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Natural History, Parks
Inverness is a community on the southwest shore of Tomales Bay, about 19 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Bodega Bay and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Point Reyes Station, California. The community was named after Inverness, Scotland by a Scottish landowner. Inverness...
by CoastView | Oct 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
The Pacific Spaceport Complex is a launch facility for sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles located on Kodiak Island, about 180 miles (290 km) southeast of King Salmon and 25.5 miles (41 km) south of Kodiak, Alaska. The facility is owned and operated by the Alaska...
by CoastView | Oct 13, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Indianola is located on the north shore of Port Madison and east shore of Miller Bay on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Seattle and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Poulsbo, Washington. The land was originally allotted to KaKue of...