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Cannery Creek, Unakwik Inlet
Cannery Creek is the site of a salmon hatchery on the eastern shore of Unakwik Inlet in Prince William Sound and the Chugach National Forest, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Whittier and 41 miles (66 km) west-southwest of Valdez, Alaska.
Grewingk Glacier, Kachemak Bay
Grewingk Glacier starts in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally northwest for 11 miles (18 km) to a proglacial lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long that is drained by Grewingk Creek that flows 3.5 miles (6 km) to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Seldovia and 16 miles (25 km) east-southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Limestone Inlet, Stephens Passage
Limestone Inlet, 0.25 miles (0.4 km) wide, extends about 2 miles (3.2 km) into the mainland from the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, approximately 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Sitka and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.
Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet
Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, near the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.
Ford Arm, Chichagof Island
Ford Arm is an embayment approximately 0.3 miles (483 m) wide and 4 miles (6.5 km) long on the west coast of Chichagof Island, about 44 miles (71 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (44 km) south-southeast of Pelican, Alaska.
Travers Creek, Kachemak Bay
Travers Creek flows generally west-southwest to the north shore of Kachemak Bay, approximately 3.5 miles (5.5 km) south of Anchor Point and 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska.
Annex Creek, Taku Inlet
Annex Creek flows southeast for 5 miles (8 km) through the Annex Lakes to Taku Inlet, about 0.35 miles (0.6 km) southwest of the Annex Creek hydroelectric power facility and 12 miles (19 km) east of Juneau, Alaska.
Vassar Glacier, College Fjord
Vassar Glacier flows southeast for 4.3 miles (7 km) from the eastern flank of Peak 8080 in the Chugach Mountains to the western shore of College Fjord near the confluence of Harvard Arm and Yale Arm and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of College Point, about 52 miles (83 km) west of Valdez and 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Cascade Falls, Eaglek Bay
Cascade Falls descends to Cascade Bay, an estuary extending 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest from Eaglek Bay in northern Prince William Sound, about 52 miles (84 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 32 miles (51.5 km) east-northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
MacDonald Spit, Kasitsna Bay
MacDonald Spit forms the northwestern shore of Kasitsna Bay on the southern coast of Kachemak Bay, approximately 11 miles (18 km) south of Homer and 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.
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