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Yale Glacier, College Fjord

Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord of Prince William Sound that starts at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in the Chugach Mountains and flows generally southwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Yale Arm, about 48 miles (77 km) northeast of Whittier and 43 miles (69 km) west-northwest of Valdez, Alaska.

Bootlegger Cove, Kachemak Bay

Bootlegger Cove is the local name for a small shallow embayment, also known as Little Jakolof Bay, on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south of Homer and 7.6 miles (12 km) northwest of Seldovia, Alaska.

Treadwell Mine, Douglas Island

Treadwell is a historical gold mine on the eastern coast of Douglas Island on Gastineau Channel, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of the community of Douglas and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.

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Lava Point, Akutan Island

Lava Point, Akutan Island

Lava Point is a headland on the northwest coast of Akutan Island consisting of about 988 acres (400 ha) of jagged basalt extruded during eruptions of Akutan Volcano, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Akutan Village, Alaska.

Port Bailey, Dry Spruce Bay

Port Bailey, Dry Spruce Bay

Port Bailey is a historical cannery in Dry Spruce Bay on the Kupreanof Peninsula of Kodiak Island, about 130 miles (209 km) south-southwest of Homer and 26 miles (42 km) west-northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Barabara Point, Kachemak Bay

Barabara Point, Kachemak Bay

Barabara Point is on the Kenai Peninsula between McDonald Spit to the east and Seldovia Point to the west in Kachemak Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.

Port Althorp, Chichagof Island

Port Althorp, Chichagof Island

Port Althorp is an embayment and the site of a historical salmon cannery on the north coast of Chichagof Island, about 155 miles (250 km) southeast of Yakutat and 29 miles (47 km) southwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Belkofski, Alaska Peninsula

Belkofski, Alaska Peninsula

Belkofski is an abandoned Aleut Unangan village situated on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula between Belkofski Bay to the southwest and Volcano Bay to the northeast, about 62 miles (100 km) southwest of Sand Point and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of King Cove, Alaska.

Dillingham, Nushagak Bay

Dillingham, Nushagak Bay

Dillingham is a community on the south side of Snag Point at the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers, at the head of Nushagak Bay on the north coast of Bristol Bay, about 248 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Homer and 166 miles (270 km) southeast of Bethel, Alaska.

Humpy Creek, Kachemak Bay

Humpy Creek, Kachemak Bay

Humpy Creek drains a watershed of 6,912 acres (2,797 ha) and flows generally northwest for about 4.5 miles (7 km) from Emerald Lake at an elevation of 1,138 feet (347 m) in the Kenai Mountains to the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Seward and 14 miles (22.5 km) east-northeast of Homer, Alaska.

Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Bartlett Cove is an estuary of the Bartlett River that extends northeast for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the eastern shore of Glacier Bay in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 155 miles (250 km) southeast of Yakutat and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Parks Cannery, Uyak Bay

Parks Cannery, Uyak Bay

Parks Cannery is located in Uyak Bay, 24 miles (39 km) south of Shelikof Strait on the west coast of Kodiak Island, about 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Larsen Bay and 61 miles (100 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island

Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island

Dutch Harbor is an anchorage and fish processing facility on the east coast of Amaknak Island, bordered by Mount Ballyhoo to the west and a gravel spit to the east that forms the natural harbor, about 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Akutan and 3 miles (5 km) north-northeast of Unalaska, Alaska.

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