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Eagle River Flats, Knik Arm

Eagle River Flats is a 2,471‐acre (1,000‐ha) tidal flat and salt marsh at the mouth of Eagle River on Eagle Bay, on the eastern shore of Knik Arm at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Anchorage and 7 miles (11 km) west of Eagle River, Alaska.

Kupigruak Channel, Colville River Delta

Kupigruak Channel is one of two main distributaries in the Colville River Delta located about halfway between Utqiagvik at Point Barrow to the west and Kaktovik on Barter Island to the east, about 52 miles (84 km) west-northwest of Deadhorse and 18 miles (29 km) north-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska.

Sahlin Falls, Sheep Bay

Sahlin Falls is located at the base of Sahlin Creek on the northern shore of Sheep Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Valdez and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Cordova, Alaska.

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Ark Island, Aniakchak River

Ark Island, Aniakchak River

Ark Island is situated at the mouth of the Aniakchak River on the north shore of Aniakchak Bay and on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 205 miles (330 km) southwest of Kodiak and 47 miles (75 km) northeast of Chignik, Alaska.

McNeil Canyon, Kachemak Bay

McNeil Canyon, Kachemak Bay

McNeil Canyon is on the Kenai Peninsula and the northern shore of Kachemak Bay and trends south for about 2 miles (3.2 km) following the lower course of McNeil Creek, about 57 miles (92 km) south of Kenai and 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

White Alice, Anvil Mountain

White Alice, Anvil Mountain

White Alice is a historical communication station situated on Anvil Mountain at an elevation of 1,134 feet (345 m) on the Seward Peninsula, about 180 miles (290 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 5 miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Nome, Alaska.

George Islands, Cross Sound

George Islands, Cross Sound

George Island, the largest of the George Islands, lies at the entrance to Port Althorp between the Inian and Althorp Peninsulas on northern Chichagof Island and on the southern coast of Cross Sound, approximately 28 miles (45 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Baird Glacier, Thomas Bay

Baird Glacier, Thomas Bay

Baird Glacier starts in the Stikine Icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains near the Alaska-British Columbia border, and flows generally southwest for 24 miles (39 km) to its terminus at an outwash plain 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the head of Thomas Bay, about 100 miles (162 km) southeast of Juneau and 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Petersburg, Alaska.

Little Tutka Bay, Kachemak Bay

Little Tutka Bay, Kachemak Bay

Little Tutka Bay, a tidal lagoon on the south side of Kachemak Bay and the southern entrance to Tutka Bay, lies about 12 miles (19 km) south of Homer and 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.

Square Rock, Norton Sound

Square Rock, Norton Sound

Square Rock is a marble pillar formed by an eroding sea stack situated about 200 feet (60 m) offshore from the eastern end of Bluff Cliffs on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula in Norton Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Nome and 18 miles (29 km) west of Golovin, Alaska.

Uganik Fisheries Cannery, Northeast Arm

Uganik Fisheries Cannery, Northeast Arm

Uganik Fisheries is a historical salmon cannery on the north shore of Northeast Arm in Uganik Bay on the northwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (237 km) south-southwest of Homer and 35 miles (56 km) west of Kodiak, Alaska.

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape is a headland at the far eastern end of Saint Lawrence Island, formed by the Kinipaghulghat Mountains, between Cape Kulowye to the west and Cape Seevooka to the south, about 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Nome and 96 miles (155 km) east-southeast of Gambell, Alaska.

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that starts from a watershed divide between Lookout Mountain to the south and Bald Mountain to the north and flows generally south for 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Anchor Point and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

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