USGS Gibbs, A.E. and others, 2026

National assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of updated vector shorelines (1949 to 2015) and associated shoreline change data for the west coast of Alaska, Cape Prince of Wales to Kotlik River

• Authors:

  Gibbs, A.E., Snyder, A.G., and Nieminski, N.M.

• Publication Date:

  Jan 2026

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Nome; Norton Bay; Saint Michael; Solomon; Teller; Unalakleet

• Citation ID:

  31860

Bibliographic Reference

Gibbs, A.E., Snyder, A.G., and Nieminski, N.M., 2026, National assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of updated vector shorelines (1949 to 2015) and associated shoreline change data for the west coast of Alaska, Cape Prince of Wales to Kotlik River: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release.

Abstract

This data release comprises geospatial data of historical shoreline positions and long-term (greater than 60 years) and short-term (less than 40 years) rate of change statistics from the west coast of Alaska from Cape Prince of Wales to Kotlik River for the years 1949 to 2015.

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