by CoastView | Nov 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Developments, Headlands
Oliktok Point is the eastern point of the entrance to Harrison Bay on the Beaufort Sea, about 16 miles (26 km) west of Beechey Point, 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Nuiqsut, and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Iñupiaq name was first reported by...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Historical, Shipwrecks
Uyak Bay extends south-southeast for 40 miles (65 km) off Shelikof Strait on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, 59 miles (95 km) west-southwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska. The Alutiiq name was first recorded in 1805 as “Bay of Oohiack” by Yuri Feodorovich...
by CoastView | Nov 23, 2022 | 2022, California, Embayments, Parks
Abbotts Lagoon is a two-stage lagoon on the northwestern coast of the Point Reyes National Seashore, 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Tomales Point, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of Inverness, California. The upper lagoon is a freshwater impoundment that...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2020, Headlands, Lighthouses
Cape Decision is a headland on the southern end of Kuiu Island in Southeast Alaska, 105 miles (169 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The cape was named in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver because here he decided the...
by CoastView | Nov 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Embayments, Oregon
Salishan Spit separates the Pacific Ocean from Siletz Bay and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Lincoln City and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The name is from the native Salishan languages of the Pacific Northwest. Siletz Bay is a large...
