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Mount Westdahl, Unimak Island
Mount Westdahl, also known as Westdahl Peak, is a relatively young, glacier-capped volcano with a summit elevation of 5,118 feet (1,560 m) situated at the southwest end of Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands, about 527 miles (848 km) southwest of Kodiak and 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Little Port Walter, Baranof Island
Little Port Walter is an embayment and research facility on the southern shore of Port Walter, situated on the southeastern coast of Baranof Island and the western shore of Chatham Strait, about 53 miles (85 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Port Alexander, Alaska.
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.
Sledge Island, Bering Sea
Sledge Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across, lies in the Bering Sea, 5 miles (8 km) off the Seward Peninsula’s south coast, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Wales and 25 miles (40 km) west of Nome, Alaska.
Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 miles northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Icy Strait Point, Port Frederick
Icy Strait Point is a restored historic salmon cannery situated on Cannery Point, on the south shore of Icy Strait and on the eastern shore at the mouth of Port Frederick, a deep embayment on the northeast coast of Chichagof Island, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Gustavus and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-northwest of Hoonah, Alaska.
Strawberry Hill, Point Bentinck
Strawberry Hill is a series of uplifted beach ridges on Point Bentinck, at the eastern tip of Hinchinbrook Island and the southern entrance to Strawberry Channel, which separates the island from the mainland, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Valdez and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska.
Ankau Saltchucks, Phipps Peninsula
Ankau Saltchucks are a series of interconnected tidal lagoons forming a complex estuary about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) across on the northwestern end of the Phipps Peninsula at the entrance to Yakutat Bay and the west shore of Monti Bay, about 215 miles (346 km) southeast of Cordova and 3.6 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Yakutat, Alaska.
Coghill River, Dartmouth Glacier
The Coghill River in Chugach National Forest flows southwest for 5 miles (8 km) from the terminus of Dartmouth Glacier to Coghill Lake, which is 4.7 miles (7.5 km) long, and then runs west-southwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to College Fjord near Coghill Point, about 54 miles (87 km) west of Valdez and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Le Conte Glacier, Frederick Sound
Le Conte Glacier starts from the Stikine Icefield in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, at an elevation of about 8,500 feet (2,591 m) between Devils Thumb and Mount Gilroy, and flows generally south for 22 miles (35 km) to Southeast Alaska at the head of Le Conte Bay in Frederick Sound, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Wrangell and 22 miles (35 km) east of Petersburg, Alaska.
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