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The Salt Chuck, Hobart Bay

The Salt Chuck is a lagoon at the head of Hobart Bay on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, about 71 miles (115 km) southeast of Juneau and 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Petersburg, Alaska.

Christmas Island, Security Bay

Christmas Island is the largest of several small reefs and islets on the western coastline and near the entrance to Security Bay on Kuiu Island, about 45 miles (72 km) south of Angoon and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Kake, Alaska.

Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island

Gambell is a community on Saint Lawrence Island at Northwest Cape in the northern Bering Sea on a broad, shallow-water continental shelf that extends from western Alaska to northeastern Russia, about 196 miles (316 km) southwest of Nome, Alaska, and 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Provideniya, Russia.

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Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

Alakanuk, Yukon River Delta

Alakanuk, Yukon River Delta

Alakanuk is a Yup’ik community located at the eastern entrance of Alakanuk Pass, a major distributary channel of the Yukon River, approximately 162 miles (261 km) northwest of Bethel and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Emmonak, Alaska.

Lindenberger Cannery, Craig Island

Lindenberger Cannery, Craig Island

The Lindenberger Packing Company is a historical salmon cannery on Craig Island, located in the present-day community of Craig, about 58 miles (93 km) west-northwest of Ketchikan and 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of Klawock, Alaska.

Chilkoot, Lutak Inlet

Chilkoot, Lutak Inlet

Chilkoot is a historical Tlingit village located on the Chilkoot River between Lutak Inlet to the south and Chilkoot Lake to the north, about 83 miles (134 km) north-northwest of Juneau and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Skagway, Alaska. 

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