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Moss Harbor, China Poot Bay
Moss Harbor is a low tide lagoon at the head of China Poot Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Carry Inlet, Shuyak Island
Carry Inlet is an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.9 km) across that extends for 3 miles (5 km) into the northwest coast of Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, about 81 miles (130 km) south-southwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska.
Sheshalik Spit, Kotzebue Sound
Sheshalik is a spit about 6 miles (10 km) long consisting of accretionary beach ridges with some lagoons situated in Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Kotzebue Sound, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Noatak and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.
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.
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