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Main Bay, Prince William Sound

Main Bay is an estuary on the Kenai Peninsula fed by a watershed of 3,795 acres (1,536 ha) mostly draining from an unnamed lake at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m) on the northern flank of Eshamy Peak in Prince William Sound, between Port Nellie Juan to the west and Knight Island Passage to the east, about 81 miles (131 km) west of Cordova and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Whittier, 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.

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.

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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.

Jabbertown, Point Hope

Jabbertown, Point Hope

Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tikiġaq or Tigara, Alaska.

Nunam Iqua, Sheldon Point

Nunam Iqua, Sheldon Point

Nunam Iqua is a small community on Sheldon Point located on the left bank of Kwemeluk Pass in the Yukon River delta, about 157 miles (253 km) northwest of Bethel and 12.4 miles (20 km) south-southwest of Alakanuk, Alaska. 

Sealing Point, Cape Krusenstern

Sealing Point, Cape Krusenstern

A sealing observation tower used seasonally by Iñupiat hunters is at the tip of Cape Krusenstern, about 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Kivalina and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. 

Kustatan, West Foreland

Kustatan, West Foreland

Kustatan is a historical Dena’ina community on West Foreland, on the west side of Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kustatan River, about 71 miles (115 km) southwest of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Kenai, Alaska.

Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island

Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island

Mekoryuk is a community situated at the western entrance to Shoal Bay on the northern shore of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, about 153 miles (246 km) west-southwest of Bethel and 80 miles (129 km) south of Hooper Bay, Alaska.

Lost River Mine, York Mountains

Lost River Mine, York Mountains

Lost River starts at an elevation of 1400 feet (427 m) on the south flank of the York Mountains on the Seward Peninsula and flows south for 9.5 miles (15 km) to the Bering Sea, about 86 miles (138 km) northwest of Nome and 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wales, Alaska.

Nelson Lagoon, Bering Sea

Nelson Lagoon, Bering Sea

Nelson Lagoon is a community situated on the Bering Sea coast of the Alaska Peninsula, on a narrow barrier sand spit forming the embayment of Nelson Lagoon, about 258 miles (415 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 24 miles (39 km) west of Port Moller, Alaska.

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