by CoastView | Mar 22, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Rivers
Kasilof River starts at the outlet of Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula and flows northwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Cook Inlet, about 51 miles (82 km) north-northeast of Homer and 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Kenai, Alaska. The river name is a Russian...
by CoastView | Mar 21, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical
Cordova Bay is an embayment and a community located in the municipality of Saanich, one of the 13 cities comprising the Greater Victoria Region on Vancouver Island, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 7 miles (11 km) north of downtown Victoria,...
by CoastView | Mar 20, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Flaxman Island is an Arctic barrier island, about 7 miles (11 km) long, between the Beaufort Sea and Lion Bay, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Deadhorse and 58 miles (94 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska. The island was named on August 6, 1826, by Sir John Franklin for John...
by CoastView | Mar 19, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers, Parks
McBride Glacier starts on the south slope of the Takhinsha Mountains in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and flows south for 8.4 miles (13.5 km) to McBride Inlet, about 46 miles north-northwest of Gustavus and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Haines, Alaska....
by CoastView | Mar 18, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, California, Communities, Rivers
Mad River starts in the Coast Range and flows generally northwest for 113 miles (182 km), draining a watershed of 318,080 acres (128,722 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles (19 km) north of Eureka and 1.8 miles (3 km) northwest of McKinleyville,...
