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Niblack, Moira Sound
Niblack is a historic mining community at the head of Niblack Anchorage, an estuary that extends west for 2.5 miles (4 km) off Moira Sound, on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Ketchikan and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.
Tignagvik Point, Rocky Cove
Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska
Jackpot Bay, Dangerous Passage
Jackpot Bay is a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula that extends west for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from Dangerous Passage, about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Seward and 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Akeonik Reindeer Station, Icy Cape
Akeonik is a historical reindeer station at the northern end of Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea at Icy Cape, about 50 miles (81 km) southwest of Wainwright and 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Point Lay, Alaska.
Willow Prospect, National Petroleum Reserve
The Willow Prospect is an oilfield development project on leased federal lands within the Bear Tooth Unit of the National Petroleum Reserve, about 118 miles (190 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska.
Ursus Cove, Kamishak Bay
Ursus Cove is an embayment about 6 miles (10 km) across, on the northwest coast of Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska.
Chenega, Evans Island
Chenega is a village located on the western shore of Crab Bay, on the southeastern coast of Evans Island in Prince William Sound, about 84 miles (135 km) southwest of Cordova and 49 miles (79 km) east of Seward, Alaska.
Port Wakefield, Raspberry Island
Port Wakefield is an abandoned cannery on the east coast of Raspberry Island, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kodiak and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Port Lions, Alaska.
Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island
Red Bluff Bay is a fjord about 4 miles (6.5 km) long and 0.3 miles (05. km) wide on the east coast of Baranof Island, opening into Chatham Strait, about 70 miles (113 km) west of Petersburg and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Sitka, Alaska.
Twentymile River, Turnagain Arm
Twentymile River starts from a series of small unnamed glaciers and snowfields in the western Chugach Mountains and flows generally south for 10 miles (16 km) where it joins Glacier River, and then flows another 5 miles (8 km) southwest to Turnagain Arm, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Whittier and 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Girdwood, Alaska.
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