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Selawik River, Kotzebue Sound

The Selawik River is about 140 miles (226 km) long, originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, and flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake that drains into Hotham Inlet on Kotzebue Sound, about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Kotzebue and 9 miles (14.5 km) west of the village of Selawik, Alaska.

McKeon Flats, Wosnesenski River

McKeon Flats is formed by the Wosnesenski River that flows into Neptune Bay on the south shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Seldovia and 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.

Hooper Bay, Bering Sea

Hooper Bay is a Central Yup’ik community located on the northern shore of an embayment also named Hooper Bay in the Bering Sea, between Dall Point to the north and Nuok Spit to the south, about 154 miles (248 km) west-northwest of Bethel and 28 miles (45 km) south-southwest of Scammon Bay, Alaska.

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Southwestern Glacier, Northwestern Fjord

Southwestern Glacier, Northwestern Fjord

Southwestern Glacier is in Northwestern Fjord, a deep embayment in Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve, about 50 miles (81 km) northeast of Homer and 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska.

Sumdum Mine, Sanford Cove

Sumdum Mine, Sanford Cove

Sumdum is a historical mine and community located at the head of Sanford Cove, an embayment on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Petersburg and 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.

Sadie River, Kachemak Bay

Sadie River, Kachemak Bay

Sadie River starts on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of about 3,200 feet (975 m) and flows generally west-northwest for 6 miles (10 km) through Kachemak Bay State Park to the head of Sadie Cove, about 14.5 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Homer and 13 miles (20 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.

Sitka Lighthouse, Galankin Islands

Sitka Lighthouse, Galankin Islands

Sitka Lighthouse is privately owned and located at the northwestern end of Galankin Island in Sitka Sound between the Beardslee Islands to the west and Ball Islets to the east, about 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Angoon and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Sitka, Alaska.

Cape Elizabeth, Chugach Islands

Cape Elizabeth, Chugach Islands

Cape Elizabeth forms the western shore of Elizabeth Island and is located on the north side of Kennedy Entrance, about 96 miles (155 km) north-northeast of Kodiak and 36 miles (58 km) south-southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Cliff Falls, Deep Cove

Cliff Falls, Deep Cove

Cliff Falls is the outlet for Cliff Lake, located at the head of Deep Cove, approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) west of Patterson Point, about 41 miles (66 km) south-southeast of Sitka, and 17.5 miles (28 km) north-northwest of Port Armstrong, Alaska.

Mariner Lagoon, Kachemak Bay

Mariner Lagoon, Kachemak Bay

Mariner Lagoon is located at the base of the Homer Spit in Kachemak Bay, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.

Seal Island, Prince William Sound

Seal Island, Prince William Sound

Seal Island is forested and uninhabited, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, and located in Prince William Sound, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Knight Island, and 58 miles (93 km) west-southwest of Cordova, Alaska.

Point Woronzof, Knik Arm

Point Woronzof, Knik Arm

Point Woronzof is a headland in Cook Inlet on the south coast of Knik Arm, 4 miles (6.5 km) west of downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

Point Spencer, Port Clarence

Point Spencer, Port Clarence

Point Spencer is the north end of a spit about 19 miles (31 km) long, between the Bering Sea and Port Clarence, on the Seward Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Teller, Alaska.

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