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Kiukpalik Island, Shelikof Strait
Kiukpalik Island is 1.3 miles (2 km) long and 0.6 miles (1 km) wide and is part of Katmai National Park and Preserve, but situated 2 miles (3.2 km) offshore from the Alaska Peninsula in Shelikof Strait, about 112 miles (181 km) east of King Salmon and 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Solivik Island, Utukok Pass
Solivik Island is an Arctic barrier island that extends southwest for 16.5 miles (27 km) from Icy Cape Pass in the north to Utukok Pass in the south and forms the northern portion of Kasegaluk Lagoon, about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Wainwright and 28 miles (45 km) north-northeast of Point Lay, Alaska.
Amakdedulia Cove, Kamishak Bay
Amakdedulia Cove is an embayment about 2 miles (3.2 km) across on the western shore of Kamishak Bay in southwestern Cook Inlet, about 98 miles (158 km) northeast of King Salmon and 98 miles (158 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska.
Cape Kookoolik, Saint Lawrence Island
Kookoolik is a historical community, also known as Kukulik, located on Cape Kookoolik on the northern coast of Saint Lawrence Island, about 160 miles (258 km) southwest of Nome and 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Savoonga, Alaska.
Kapaloak Creek, Cape Dyer
Kapaloak Creek starts from an elevation of roughly 1200 feet (366 m) in the Lisburne Hills and flows generally west for 8.5 miles (14 km) to Cape Dyer on the Chukchi Sea and the site of a historical Iñupiat village, about 110 miles (177 km) southwest of Point Lay and 25 miles (40 km) north-northeast of Point Hope, 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.
Bear Glacier, Aialik Peninsula
Bear Glacier starts from an elevation of roughly 4,000 feet (1,219 m) on the eastern flank of the Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords National Park and descends generally southeast for 17 miles (27 km) to a proglacial lake dammed by a terminal moraine between Bear Glacier Point on the Aialik Peninsula to the south and Callisto Head to the north, about 72 miles (116 km) east-northeast of Homer and 13 miles (21 km) south of Seward, Alaska.
Kuliak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Kuliak Bay is about 4 miles (6.5 km) wide at the entrance on the western shore of Shelikof Strait and gradually tapers to the northwest for 5 miles (8 km) into Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, about 92 miles (148 km) southeast of King Salmon and 74 miles (119 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Margerie Glacier, Tarr Inlet
Margerie Glacier starts at an elevation of 9,860 feet (3,005 m) on the international border of the United States and Canada between Mount Root to the north and Mount Fairweather to the south and flows generally east for 21 miles (34 km) to tidewater at Tarr Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 101 miles (163 km) southeast of Yakutat and 66 miles (107 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Elim, Norton Bay
Elim is a mixed Central Yup’ik and Iñupiaq community situated on the Iditarod Trail at the mouth of Elim Creek on the Seward Peninsula and the north shore of Norton Bay, about 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Koyuk and 24 miles (38 km) east-northeast of Golovin, Alaska.
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