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Cooper Island, Beaufort Sea

Cooper Island is an Arctic barrier island and one of the Plover Islands on Elson Lagoon on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 129 miles (208 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 24 miles (39 km) east of Utqiaġvik, Alaska.

Dofflemyer Point, Boston Harbor

Dofflemyer Point is located in the community of Boston Harbor, on the eastern shore of South Puget Sound, and defines the entrance to Budd Inlet, about 23 miles (37 km) west-southwest of Tacoma and 7 miles (11 km) north of Olympia, Washington.

Saxman, Revillagigedo Island

Saxman is a community on the west coast of Revillagigedo Island on Tongass Narrows across from Pennock Island, about 86 miles (138 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Cannery Row, Monterey

Cannery Row, Monterey

Cannery Row is the Monterey waterfront between San Carlos Beach and Cabrillo Beach, or between the Monterey Harbor Marina and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where several historical Pacific sardine canneries once operated, about 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Santa Cruz and 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Pacific Grove, California.

Sukoi Bay, Cape Douglas

Sukoi Bay, Cape Douglas

Sukoi Bay is situated at Cape Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 121 miles (195 km) east of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Muir Beach, Marin Peninsula

Muir Beach, Marin Peninsula

Muir Beach is a small community situated on the west coast of the Marin Peninsula overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with the adjacent sand beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of San Francisco and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Stinson Beach, California.

Tenakee Springs, Chichagof Island

Tenakee Springs, Chichagof Island

Tenakee Springs is a community on the north shore of Tenakee Inlet, on the eastern shore of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 46 miles (74 km) southwest of Juneau and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Angoon, Alaska.

Crook Point, Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Crook Point, Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Crook Point is a prominent headland within the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge that includes 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of shoreline with sandy beaches and areas of rocky intertidal, offshore rocks, islets, and subtidal reefs with kelp beds, about 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Brookings and 11 miles (18 km) south of Gold Beach, Oregon.

Verdant Cove, Kenai Fjords National Park

Verdant Cove, Kenai Fjords National Park

Verdant Cove is on the western shore of Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park at the northern entrance to Dora Passage, about 64 miles (103 km) east of Homer and 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska.

Point Montara Lighthouse, Montara

Point Montara Lighthouse, Montara

Point Montara Lighthouse is located in the coastal community of Montara, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Half Moon Bay, California.

Cape Fairweather, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Cape Fairweather, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Cape Fairweather is a point of land created by an ancient terminal moraine at the base of the Fairweather Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 131 miles (211 km) west-northwest of Juneau and 82 miles (132 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska.

Akhiok, Kodiak Island

Akhiok, Kodiak Island

Akhiok is the southernmost Alutiiq Sugpiat village on Kodiak Island, situated on Akhiok Bay which is on the western shore of Alitak Bay, about 167 miles (269 km) east-northeast of Chignik and 87 miles (140 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Symonds Bay, Biorka Island

Symonds Bay, Biorka Island

Symonds Bay is on the north coast of Biorka Island, between Hanus Point to the east and Entrance Islet to the west, and extends about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south to a gravel isthmus with a beach landing, about 184 miles (296 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Sitka, Alaska.

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