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Cathedral Rocks, Makushin Bay

Cathedral Rocks is an island 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of Cathedral Point on the northern shore of Makushin Bay, on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Eastern Aleutians, about 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Nikolski and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Washington Bay, Kuiu Island

Washington Bay trends east for 2 miles (3.2 km) on the northwest coast of Kuiu Island and is the site of a historical herring reduction facility near the head of the bay that is flanked by steep mountains rising abruptly to 2,800 feet (853 m) on the north and 2,200 feet (671 m) on the south, about 143 miles (230 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Kake, Alaska.

Situk River, Johnson Slough

Situk River starts at Situk Lake and flows southwest for about 18 miles (29 km) through the Yakutat Forelands in Tongass National Forest to Johnson Slough on the Gulf of Alaska, about 200 miles (322 km) northwest of Juneau and 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Cape Fanshaw, Frederick Sound

Cape Fanshaw, Frederick Sound

Cape Fanshaw is a low wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Sitka, Alaska.

Cirque Glacier, Endicott Arm

Cirque Glacier, Endicott Arm

An unnamed glacier hangs above a cirque on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska that extends northwest for 33 miles (53 km) from the terminus of the Dawes Glacier to Holkham Bay, 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Juneau and 47 miles (76 km) north of Petersburg, Alaska

Kincaid Park, Point Campbell

Kincaid Park, Point Campbell

Kincaid Park is 1,517 acres (614 ha) located on Point Campbell between Knik and Turnagain Arms of Cook Inlet, 5.2 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

The Salt Chuck, Hobart Bay

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.

Claybluff Point, Icy Cape

Claybluff Point, Icy Cape

Claybluff Point is a low headland at the base of the Robinson Mountains, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Icy Cape, about 34 miles (55 km) east-southeast of Yakataga and 69 miles (111 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska.

Mount Saint Elias, Icy Bay

Mount Saint Elias, Icy Bay

Mount Saint Elias is situated at the head of Icy Bay on the Alaska-Canada boundary in the Saint Elias Range, about 165 miles (266 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 67 miles (108 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska.

Mount Douglas, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Mount Douglas, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Mount Douglas is a stratovolcano with an elevation of 7,000 feet (2134 m) located on Kamishak Bay, near the northern part of the Alaska Peninsula and within Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) east of King Salmon and 91 miles (147 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Neva, Kruzof Island

Neva, Kruzof Island

In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Mount Edgecumbe on Kruzof Island, about 93 miles southwest of Juneau and 10 miles west of Sitka, Alaska.

Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Geographic Harbor is in Katmai National Park and Preserve and is formed by two large bays that extend 3 miles (5 km) off Amalik Bay on Shelikof Strait, about 86 miles (139 km) southwest of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Fairway Rock, Bering Strait

Fairway Rock, Bering Strait

Fairway Rock is located about 10 miles southeast of Little Diomede Island, and 15 miles west of Cape Prince of Wales, at the west end of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.

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