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Rendu Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Rendu Glacier starts in the Fairweather Range at an elevation of roughly 4600 feet (1400 m) in British Columbia and flows generally southeast for about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the United States border between Mount Barnard to the southwest and Boundary Peak 159 to the northeast, and then continues for another 12 miles through Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to Rendu Inlet, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 54 miles (87 km) north-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Tugidak Island, Trinity Island Group
Tugidak Island is the westernmost of the Trinity Island Group, which includes Sitkinak Island, and is part of the Kodiak Archipelago situated off the southern tip of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 145 miles (233 km) east of Chignik and 124 miles (200 km) south-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Vindicator Mine, Popof Island
Vindicator is a historical beach placer mine in the Alaska Peninsula Mining District situated on the western shore of Popof Island between Sand Point to the north and Red Cove to the south, about 260 miles (419 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Perryville, Alaska.
Diamond NN Cannery, South Naknek
Diamond NN is a historic cannery in South Naknek at the mouth of the Naknek River that flows into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Dillingham and 13 miles (21 km) west of King Salmon, Alaska.
Pedersen Lagoon, Aialik Bay
Pedersen Lagoon receives freshwater from proglacial lakes of the Addison and Pedersen glaciers that descend from the Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords National Park on the western shore of Aialik Bay, about 64 miles (103 km) east-northeast of Homer and 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska.
Bodfish Island, Simpson Lagoon
Bodfish Island is part of the Jones Island barrier chain between Cottle Island to the east and Bertoncini Island to the west, separating Simpson Lagoon from the Beaufort Sea, about 178 miles (286 km) southeast of Utqiagvik and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Deadhorse, Alaska.
Kasilof River, Kenai Peninsula
Kasilof River starts at the outlet of Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northwest for 17 miles (27 km) through the Kenai Lowland to Cook Inlet, draining a watershed of 93,275 acres (37,747 ha), about 51 miles (82 km) north-northeast of Homer and 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Kenai, Alaska.
Gilman Glacier, Johns Hopkins Inlet
Gilman Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 6,000 feet (1,828 m)in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally northwest for 7.5 miles (12 km) to Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Yakutat and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Shoup Glacier, Port Valdez
Shoup Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 6,800 feet (2,073 m) in the Chugach Mountains between Mount Shouplina to the west and Mount Logan to the east, and flows 16 miles (26 km) generally south-southwest to Shoup Bay on the northwest shore of Port Valdez in Prince William Sound, about 74 miles (119 km) east-northeast of Whittier and 9 miles (15 km) west of Valdez, Alaska.
Leffingwell Camp, Flaxman Island
Leffingwell Camp is situated on Flaxman Island, a shape-shifting barrier island separating the Beaufort Sea to the north and Lion Bay to the south, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Deadhorse and 58 miles (94 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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