by CoastView | Feb 28, 2021 | 2021, British Columbia, Parks, Rivers
The Ecstall River is about 62 miles (100 km) long, draining a watershed of 207,568 acres (84,000 ha), and flows into the lower tidal reach of the Skeena River, about 60 miles (97 km) west-southwest of Terrace and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Feb 27, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Rivers
Point Lay is a community at the mouth of the Kokolik River on Kasegaluk Lagoon, about 94 miles (152 km) southwest of Wainwright and 134 miles (216 km) northeast of Point Hope, Alaska. Kasegaluk Lagoon is isolated from the Chukchi Sea by a series of long thin barrier...
by CoastView | Feb 26, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Historical, Islands, Parks
Kiukpalik Island is 1.3 miles (2 km) long and 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, 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 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The island is part of...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2021 | 2021, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Rivers
Estero Americano is an estuary 9.2 miles (15 km) long that drains into Bodega Bay and is fed by Americano Creek that flows west for 7.5-mile (12 km) from the coastal hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties, about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Santa Rosa and 3.7 miles (6...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History
Solivik Island is a barrier island that extends southwest for 16.5 miles (27 km) from Icy Cape Pass to Utukok Pass and forms the northern portion of Kasegaluk Lagoon, about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Wainwright and 28 miles (45 km) north-northeast of Point Lay,...