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Tigara Peninsula, Chukchi Sea

Tigara Peninsula is a prominent point of land extending west for 13 miles (21 km) from the mouth of the Kukpuk River on the Cape Lisburne peninsula into the Chukchi Sea, about 320 miles (516 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 151 miles (244 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Sixes River, Cape Blanco

Sixes River drains a watershed of about 85,832 acres (34,735 ha) and flows generally west for about 31 miles (50 km) through coastal forests in southwestern Oregon and enters the Pacific Ocean just north of Cape Blanco, about 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Bandon and 8 miles (13 km) north-northwest of Port Orford, Oregon.

Refuge Rock, Partition Cove

Refuge Rock is in Partition Cove on the eastern shore of Sitkalidak Island, about 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Old Harbor, Alaska.

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Blues Beach, Chadbourne Gulch

Blues Beach, Chadbourne Gulch

Chadbourne Gulch is a small stream that flows to the Pacific Ocean at Blues Beach between Bell Point to the north and Bruhel Point to the south, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Fort Bragg and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Westport, California.

Franklin Point, Año Nuevo State Reserve

Franklin Point, Año Nuevo State Reserve

Franklin Point is located in the Año Nuevo State Reserve, 7.3 miles (12 km) south-southeast of Pescadero and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California.

Minter, Henderson Bay

Minter, Henderson Bay

Minter is a community on the northwestern shore of Henderson Bay, at the head of Carr Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Seattle and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Gig Harbor, Washington.

Estero de San Antonio, Bodega Bay

Estero de San Antonio, Bodega Bay

Estero de San Antonio is a small coastal lagoon formed by a sand bar that dams Stemple Creek, a stream that starts in the hills of Marin and Sonoma Counties and flows generally west to Bodega Bay near the mouth of Tomales Bay, 5.75 miles (9 km) southeast of the community of Bodega Bay and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) northwest of Dillon Beach, California.

Bayocean, Tillamook Bay

Bayocean, Tillamook Bay

Bayocean was a planned resort community founded in 1906 on a sand spit 4 miles, (6.5 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, that separates Tillamook Bay from the Pacific Ocean, about 63 miles (102 km) west of Portland and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Tillamook, Oregon.

Heceta Head Lighthouse, Heceta Head

Heceta Head Lighthouse, Heceta Head

Heceta Head Lighthouse is at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m) on the Heceta headland, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, Oregon.

Salishan Spit, Lincoln City

Salishan Spit, Lincoln City

Salishan Spit separates the Pacific Ocean from Siletz Bay and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Lincoln City and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Gleneden Beach, Oregon.

Arroyo de Los Frijoles, Bean Hollow State Park

Arroyo de Los Frijoles, Bean Hollow State Park

Arroyo de Los Frijoles and Pebble Beach are in Bean Hollow State Park, located 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Pescadero, California.

Hubbard Mound, Otter Point

Hubbard Mound, Otter Point

The Hubbard Mound is a coastal headland and the location of a historical beach placer mining prospect near the community of Nesika Beach, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Otter Point and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Gold Beach, Oregon.

Pistol River, Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint

Pistol River, Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint

Pistol River flows generally southwest for 21 miles (34 km) to the Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint overlooking the Pacific Ocean near the community of Pistol River, about 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Brookings and 10 miles (16 km) south of Gold Beach, Oregon.

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