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Kiwalik, Spafarief Bay

Kiwalik is a historical Iñupiat hunting and fishing camp, that became a major logistical base for mining activities in the Candle area, situated on a spit between Kawalik Lagoon to the south and Spafarief Bay to the north on the northeast coast of the Seward Peninsula, about 148 miles (238 km) northeast of Nome and 64 miles (103 km) south-southeast of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Hunter Bay, Prince of Wales Island

Hunter Bay is the estuary for several watersheds that support important sockeyes salmon populations and the site of a historical salmon cannery on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island near the abandoned village of Klinkwan, about 89 miles (143 km) northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Icy Bay, Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve

Icy Bay is on the Gulf of Alaska coast in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, about 154 miles (248 km) southeast of Cordova and 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Tin City, Cape Mountain

Tin City, Cape Mountain

Tin City is a historical mining community on Cape Prince of Wales, located at the mouth of Cape Creek and adjacent to Cape Mountain on the Seward Peninsula, about 103 miles (166 km) northwest of Nome and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wales, Alaska.

False Pass, Isanotski Strait

False Pass, Isanotski Strait

False Pass is a small community on the east coast of Unimak Island, at the northern end of Isanotski Strait, about 142 miles (229 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska.

Mount Susitna, Susitna River Flats

Mount Susitna, Susitna River Flats

Mount Susitna is a prominent mountain and landmark in northern Cook Inlet, with an elevation of 4,396 feet (1,340 m) rising from the Susitna Flats on the west bank of the Susitna River, about 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska.

Mueller Cove, Umnak Island

Mueller Cove, Umnak Island

Mueller Cove provides a protected landing for the village of Nikolski at the head of Nikolski Bay, on the northern shore and at the southwestern end of Umnak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands, about 338 miles (544 km) east-northeast of Adak and 116 miles (187 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Helm Point, Coronation Island

Helm Point, Coronation Island

Helm Point is a prominent headland at the southern tip of Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, between Chatham and Sumner Straits, about 94 miles (151 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska.

SS Farallon, Black Reef

SS Farallon, Black Reef

Black Reef is on the west shore of Cook Inlet about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore between North Head and Knoll Head on a peninsula between Iliamna Bay and Iniskin Bay, and the site of the SS Farallon shipwreck, about 130 miles (209 km) northeast of King Salmon and 71 miles (114 km) west of Homer, Alaska.km) west of Homer, Alaska.

Tyonek, Cook Inlet

Tyonek, Cook Inlet

Tyonek is a historical Dena’ina Athabascan community situated on a bluff on the northwest shore of Cook Inlet, about 43 miles (69 km) west-southwest of Anchorage and 35 miles (56 km) north of Kenai, Alaska.

Skagway, Taiya Inlet

Skagway, Taiya Inlet

Skagway is a community at the mouth of the Skagway River, near the head of Taiya Inlet, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Juneau and 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of Haines, Alaska.

Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island

Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island

Cape Sarichef is at the southwestern end of Unimak Island, at the northwestern entrance to Unimak Pass on the Bering Sea coast, and on the northwest flank of Pogromni Volcano, about 80 miles (129 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 63 miles (101 km) west-southwest of False Pass, Alaska.

Stockdale Harbor, Montague Island

Stockdale Harbor, Montague Island

Stockdale Harbor is on the northwest coast of Montague Island in Prince William Sound, about 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Whittier and 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska.

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