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Kongiganak, Kuskokwim Bay

Kongiganak is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the eastern bank of the Kongnignanohk River that flows generally south for 40 miles (64 km) through a watershed of 29,718 acres (12,026 ha) in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to the western shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Bethel and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Kwigillingok, Alaska.

Devils Bay, Afognak Island

Devils Bay is a bight about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide on the north shore of Black Cape, a prominent headland on the northwest coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Island Archipelago, about 97 miles (156 km) southwest of Homer and 48 miles (77 km) northwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska.

Coal Point, Homer Spit

Coal Point forms the tip of the Homer Spit in Kachemak Bay on the southern Kenai Peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Seldovia and 5.7 miles (9 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.

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Portland Canal, International Boundary

Portland Canal, International Boundary

Portland Canal is a deglaciated fjord that extends south-southwest for 65 miles (105 km) from the community of Stewart in the north to the head of Portland Inlet in the south, forming part of the international boundary between Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Canada.

Port Alexander, Baranof Island

Port Alexander, Baranof Island

Port Alexander is an embayment and small community on the southern tip of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 133 miles (214 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 62 miles (100 km) south-southeast of Sitka, Alaska.

Kashega, Unalaska Island

Kashega, Unalaska Island

Kashega is an abandoned Unangan Aleut village on the Bering Sea coast of Unalaska Island, situated on a spit between Brennan Lake and Kashega Bay, about 79 miles (127 km) northeast of Nikolski and 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula

Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula

Ninilchik is a community at Cape Ninilchik at the mouth of the Ninilchik River on the Kenai Peninsula, on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, about 99 miles (160 km) southwest of Anchorage and 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Homer, Alaska.

New Eddystone Rock, Behm Canal

New Eddystone Rock, Behm Canal

The New Eddystone Rock is a pillar of basalt 237 feet (72 m) high, situated in Misty Fjords National Monument and in the eastern arm of Behm Canal, about 87 miles (140 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 32 miles (52 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Egegik, Bristol Bay

Egegik, Bristol Bay

Egegik is a small Yup’ik village on the south bank of Egegik Bay on the eastern shore of Bristol Bay, about 69 miles (111 km) southeast of Dillingham and 37 miles (60 km) south-southwest of Naknek, Alaska.

Biorka, Sedanka Island

Biorka, Sedanka Island

Biorka is an abandoned Unangan Aleut village on the northwest coast of Sedanka Island in the Fox Islands of the Eastern Aleutians, situated between Udamat Bay and Sisek Cove, about 27 miles (44 km) southwest of Akutan and 14 miles (23 km) east-southeast of Unalaska, Alaska.

Saltery Cove, Skowl Arm

Saltery Cove, Skowl Arm

Saltery Cove is an embayment that extends southeast for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off Skowl Arm on the east coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Ketchikan and 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of the Organized Village of Kasaan, Alaska.

Pauloff Harbor, Sanak Island

Pauloff Harbor, Sanak Island

Pauloff Harbor is a historic community established as a codfish station in 1886 on the north coast of Sanak Island and the west shore of Pavlof Harbor, about 160 miles (257 km) east-northeast of Dutch Harbor and 45 miles (72 km) south-southwest of King Cove, Alaska.

Rudyerd Bay, Misty Fjords National Monument

Rudyerd Bay, Misty Fjords National Monument

Rudyerd Bay is a deglaciated fjord in the Coast Range of Southeast Alaska in Misty Fjords National Monument, about 89 miles (143 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.

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