by CoastView | Nov 25, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Ketchikan is a coastal community and U.S. port of entry on the north shore of Tongass Narrows, on the southern coast of Revillagigedo Island, about 88 miles (142 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 84 miles (135 km) south-southeast of Wrangell, Alaska. Tongass Narrows...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2021 | 2021, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Shipwrecks
La Honda Canyon is a valley formed by Cañada Honda Creek that enters the Pacific Ocean 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north of Point Pedernales, about 56 miles (90 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Lompoc, California. Cañada Honda Creek...
by CoastView | Nov 23, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
King Island is about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) wide with steep rocky cliffs on all sides and a summit elevation of about 1,050 feet (320 m), located in the northern Bering Sea, about 86 miles (139 km) northwest of Nome, and 44 miles (71 km) south...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2021 | 2021, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Washington
Shelton is a community located on the southwest shore of Oakland Bay, an estuary connected to South Puget Sound by Hammersley Inlet, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Seattle and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Olympia, Washington. Hammersley Inlet is about 9 miles...
by CoastView | Nov 21, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Parks
Lamplugh Glacier is situated on the western shore of Glacier Bay at the entrance to Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 109 miles (175 km) southeast of Yakutat and 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The Lamplugh Glacier...