by CoastView | Feb 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Best of 2023, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use
Elfin Cove is an embayment that extends south from Cross Sound for 1 mile (1.6 km) and narrows to just over 100 feet (30 m) on the western shore of the Inian Peninsula at the northern end of Chichagof Island in Tongass National Forest, about 80 miles (129 km) west of...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Shipwrecks
Dangerous Cape is a headland with an elevation of 66 feet (20 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula, at the northern entrance of Port Graham near the mouth of Kachemak Bay, about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of the community of Port...
by CoastView | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Pachena Point Light Station is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest of Victoria and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia. The light station is situated on Pachena...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Mutton Cove is an embayment on Unalaska Island, about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) across, situated on the northern shore of Chernofski Harbor and protected by Observatory Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) northeast of Nikolski and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Dutch...