by CoastView | Dec 15, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hyder is a small community at the mouth of the Salmon River, on the western shore and near the head of Portland Canal, about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Ketchikan and 2.5 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Stewart, British Columbia. Portland Canal is a fjord...
by CoastView | Dec 14, 2021 | 2021, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Arguello is a prominent headland and the site of Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6, as well as a historical cattle ranch, lighthouse station, and a Loran station, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Lompoc,...
by CoastView | Dec 13, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Hutchins Bay is on the eastern shore of Glacier Bay, partially surrounding the Beardslee Islands, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 155 miles (249 km) southeast of Yakutat and 8 miles (13 km) north of Gustavus, Alaska. The bay was named by the U.S....
by CoastView | Dec 12, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
South Beach is a state park south of the jetty protecting the mouth of Yaquina Bay and extending for 1 mile (1.6 km) along the Pacific coast, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Waldport and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Newport, Oregon. The beach continues south...
by CoastView | Dec 11, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Metlakatla is a Tsimshian community situated on Port Chester, an embayment on the west coast of Annette Island, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Port Chester was named for Commander Colby M....