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Propose a coast.

One coast per submission. Members read it first, anonymously, for fourteen days. Then three Fellows. Accept, hold, or decline — with one sentence of reasons. You will hear within fourteen days of the vote closing.

Step one · The coastStep two · The journeyStep three · The photos

Where is it.

Click the map where you stood. Zoom in until the dot is on the exact shelf, rock, or sand. Or paste coordinates. The pin is yours — nothing exists on the atlas until a photographer puts it there.

Paste coordinatesDecimal degrees. From your camera's EXIF, your phone, or the map.

Latitude

Longitude

What you call it

Who may see the exact pin once accepted

No pin yet. Click the map.

Map tiles unavailable here. Paste coordinates on the left; the pin is recorded all the same.

How you got there.

The approach

Where you slept

When you shot

What you brought back

Nominated by a Member or Fellow (optional)A nomination fast-tracks review. It does not change the bar.

What you made there.

Five to twelve photographs, made at the pin

Drop originals — raw-processed JPEG or TIFF, EXIF intact, no watermarks, no borders. Previews are rejected.

Only photographs made at this coast. If the GPS in the file disagrees with the pin, we will ask.

The handle you want on the record

I made these photographs at the pin above. I grant LostCoasts a display and editorial license if accepted; copyright stays with me, and the license ends if I leave.