Go to Point Pedernales On the evening of September 8, 1923, 9 out of 14 destroyers steaming at a nearly full speed of 20 knots (37 kph), ran aground at Point Pedernales, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello, California. It...
Go to King Island King Island is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across with steep rocky cliffs on all sides, located in the northern Bering Sea, 86 miles (139 km) northwest of Nome, and 44 miles (71 km) south of Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. This small isolated island was...
Go to Shelton Shelton is a community located at the head of Hammersley Inlet, in Oakland Bay, Washington. Shelton was founded in 1890 and named after David Shelton, a delegate at the time to the territorial legislature. Before the current system of interconnected...
Go to Lamplugh Glacier Lamplugh Glacier is located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 54 miles (87 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The Lamplugh flows out of the Brady Icefield and trends north for 16 miles (26 km) to its terminus in Johns Hopkins...
Go to San Juan Point San Juan Point is a rocky promontory in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park that extends into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 67 miles (108 km) northwest of Victoria, British Columbia. The headland forms the eastern entrance to Port San Juan and is...
