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Shepard Point, Orca Inlet
Shepard Point is an alluvial fan on the eastern shore of Orca Inlet in Prince William Sound at Nelson Bay, which is an estuary mostly formed by the Rude River, about 41 miles (66 km) southeast of Valdez and 7 miles (11.3 km) north-northeast of Cordova, Alaska.
San Juan Cove, Tutka Bay
San Juan Cove is a small embayment on the north shore of Tutka Bay, a deglaciated fjord on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in the Kenai Mountains in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Homer and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.
Westport, Point Chehalis
Westport is a community located on Point Chehalis, a peninsula between South Bay and the Pacific Ocean that partially encloses Grays Harbor from the south, about 53 miles (85 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 15 miles (24 km) west-southwest of Aberdeen, Washington.
Nanwalek, English Bay
Nanwalek is a community on English Bay, a small embayment on the eastern shore of lower Cook Inlet at the southern entrance to Port Graham on the Kenai Peninsula, about 24 miles (38 km) southwest of Homer and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of the village of Port Graham, Alaska.
Port O’Brien, Uganik Bay
Port O’Brien is a remote salmon cannery located on the eastern shore of Northeast Arm Uganik Bay on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (236 km) south-southwest of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) west of Kodiak, Alaska.
Rogue River, Gold Beach
The Rogue River flows west for 215 miles (346 km) to the Pacific Ocean, about 23 miles (37 km) south-southeast of Port Orford and at Gold Beach, Oregon.
Falls Creek, Kachemak Bay
Falls Creek is located on the Kenai Peninsula, flowing generally south for 3.2 miles (5 km) to the northwestern shore of Kachemak Bay, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Homer and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Kachemak Selo, Alaska.
McWay Creek, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
McWay Creek drains a watershed of approximately 1,730 acres (700 ha) and flows southwest for 2.5 miles (4 km) through Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and McWay Canyon one Big Sur coast, about 30 miles (48 km) south-southeast of Carmel and 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Lucia, California.
Elwha River, Angeles Point
The Elwha River starts from a perennial snowfield at an elevation of 4,763 feet (1,452 m) in the Olympic Mountains and flows generally north for 45 miles (72 km) to Angeles Point at Freshwater Bay on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 33 miles (53 km) east-southeast of Clallam Bay and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles, Washington.
Barabara Point, Kachemak Bay
Barabara Point is on the Kenai Peninsula between McDonald Spit to the east and Seldovia Point to the west in Kachemak Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Homer and 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.
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