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Old Chenega Village, Chenega Island
Old Chenega is a historical village at the head of Chenega Cove on the southern tip of Chenega Island in western Prince William Sound, which is part of the traditional territory of the Chugach Sugpiaq people, about 82 miles (132 km) west-southwest of Cordova and 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Coal Point, Homer Spit
Coal Point forms the tip of the Homer Spit in Kachemak Bay on the southern Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Seldovia and 5.7 miles (9 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Diomede Village, Little Diomede Island
Diomede is an Iñupiaq village situated on the west coast of Little Diomede Island, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the International Date Line and 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east from the Russian island of Big Diomede, about 194 miles (312 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 27 miles (44 km) northwest of Wales, Alaska.
Port William, Shuyak Island
Port William is a historical salmon cannery in an embayment on the southern coast of Shuyak Island that extends 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north from Shuyak Strait, between Port Lawrence to the west and Daylight Harbor to the east, about 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Homer and 50 miles (81 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska.
Strogonof Point, Port Heiden
Port Heiden is an embayment on the northern coast of the Alaska Peninsula that extends 9 miles (15 km) southeast from Bristol Bay between Strogonof Point and the community of Port Heiden, to the mouth of the Meshik River, about 147 miles (237 km) south of Dillingham and 45 miles (72 km) north-northwest of Chignik, Alaska.
Grewingk Creek, Kachemak Bay
Grewingk Creek drains a glaciated watershed of 29,138 acres (11,792 ha) and flows generally northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the terminus lake of the retreating Grewingk Glacier to the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Seldovia and 13 miles (21 km) east of Homer, Alaska.
Lituya Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Lituya Bay is a fjord located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on the outer coast of Southeast Alaska, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 70 miles (113 km) west-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Terror Bay, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Terror Bay is on the northern coast of Kodiak Island and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, about 32 miles (52 km) east-northeast of Larsen Bay and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Elfin Cove, Chichagof Island
Elfin Cove is an embayment that extends south from Cross Sound for 1 mile (1.6 km) and narrows to just over 100 feet (30 m) on the western shore of the Inian Peninsula at the northern end of Chichagof Island in Tongass National Forest, about 80 miles (129 km) west of Juneau and 34 miles (55 km) northwest of Hoonah, Alaska.
Dangerous Cape, Port Graham
Dangerous Cape is a headland with an elevation of 66 feet (20 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula, at the northern entrance of Port Graham near the mouth of Kachemak Bay, about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northwest of the community of Port Graham, Alaska.
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