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Brady Glacier, Taylor Bay

Brady Glacier lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, flowing from the Brady Icefield at 11,942 feet (3,640 m) in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains to Taylor Bay on Cross Sound’s north shore, about 139 miles (224 km) southeast of Yakutat and 32 miles (52 km) west of Gustavus, Alaska.

Harrison Lagoon, Prince William Sound

Harrison Lagoon is about 0.5 miles (800 m) across, located on the west side of Port Wells in Prince William Sound, 66 miles (106 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 22 miles (35.5 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.

Cenotaph Island, Lituya Bay

Cenotaph Island is approximately in the middle of Lituya Bay, a fjord formed primarily by the Crillon and Lituya glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 117 miles (189 km) west-northwest of Juneau and 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Rolph Slough, Nushagak Point

Rolph Slough, Nushagak Point

Rolph, or Ralph Slough is a tidal creek in an area of grass meadows and numerous unnamed sloughs that cut through vast mud flats on the left bank near the mouth of the Nushagak River at Nushagak Point, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Naknek and 6 miles (10 km) south of Dillingham, Alaska.

Klawock, Prince of Wales Island

Klawock, Prince of Wales Island

Klawock is a community on the estuary of the Klawock River on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Craig, Alaska.

Kongiganak, Kuskokwim Bay

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.

Jack Bay, Valdez Arm

Jack Bay, Valdez Arm

Jack Bay is an estuary surrounded by the Chugach Mountains that extends southeast for 6 miles (10 km) from Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Whittier and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska.

Shaw Island, Cook Inlet

Shaw Island, Cook Inlet

Shaw Island is located in Katmai National Park and Preserve, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the Alaska Peninsula near the entrance to Kamishak Bay on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 119 miles (192 km) east-northeast of King Salmon and 79 miles (127 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Broken Oar Cove, Yakutat Bay

Broken Oar Cove, Yakutat Bay

Broken Oar Cove is an embayment on the southeast coast of Yakutat Bay and the site of a logging operation, about 208 miles (335 km) northwest of Juneau and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) northeast of Yakutat, Alaska.

Nunagiak, Point Belcher

Nunagiak, Point Belcher

Nunagiak is an abandoned village at Point Belcher that dates to the prehistorical Thule culture, located about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Utquiagvik and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Wainwright, Alaska.

Kashvik Bay, Cape Kubugakli

Kashvik Bay, Cape Kubugakli

Cape Kubugakli is a prominent headland on Shelikof Strait that forms the southwest coast of Kashvik Bay and marks the southern coastal boundary of Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 98 miles (158 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 75 miles (121 km) southeast of King Salmon, Alaska.

Dutton, Cottonwood Bay

Dutton, Cottonwood Bay

Dutton is a historical mining camp at the mouth of Ptarmigan Creek at the head of Cottonwood Bay, about 78 miles (126 km) west of Homer and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Pedro Bay, Alaska.

Tigalda Sea Stack, Krenitzin Islands

Tigalda Sea Stack, Krenitzin Islands

Sea stacks are a common feature on the Gulf of Alaska coast, particularly along the Alaska Peninsula and the Eastern Aleutian Islands, about 200 miles (323 km) southwest of Sand Point and 64 miles (103 km) east-northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

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