by CoastView | Mar 31, 2021 | 2021, Coastal Features, Historical, Washington
Cape Alava is a point of land on the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula, about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Forks and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The cape is the westernmost point in the contiguous U.S., although nearby Cape Flattery to the...
by CoastView | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities
Point Lay is a point of land at the mouth of the Kokolik River on Kasegaluk Lagoon, separated from the Chukchi Sea by an unnamed barrier island, about 143 miles (231 km) northeast of Point Hope and 96 miles (155 km) southwest of Wainwright, Alaska. Point Lay was named...
by CoastView | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak
Munson Point is a peninsula formed by an ancient lateral moraine located between Beluga Slough and Mariner Lagoon, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Seldovia and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Homer, Alaska. The point is named after Oscar Munson who came to Alaska from...
by CoastView | Mar 28, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, British Columbia, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Parks
Clover Point is a park of about 10 acres (4 ha) owned by the City of Victoria located between Ross Bay on the east and Finlayson Bay on the west, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Oak Bay and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southeast of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. The...
by CoastView | Mar 27, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Embayments, Headlands, Natural History
Devils Bay is a bight about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide on the north shore of Black Cape on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Island Archipelago, about 97 miles (156 km) southwest of Homer and 48 miles (77 km) northwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska. The name of the bay...