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Auke Creek Research Station, Auke Bay

Auke Creek Research Station is situated on the west coast of the Mendenhall Peninsula and at the head of Auke Bay, which is about 3 miles (5 km) across at the northern end of Stephens Passage, about 66 miles (106 km) south-southeast of Haines and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.

Ekuk Fisheries, Nushagak Bay

Ekuk is a small village located on Ekuk Spit on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, a branch of Bristol Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Dillingham and 1.3 (2.1 km) miles southwest of Clarks Point, Alaska.

Hyder, Portland Canal

Hyder is a small community at the mouth of the Salmon River, on the western shore and near the head of Portland Canal, about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Ketchikan and 2.5 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Stewart, British Columbia.

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Kasilof River, Kenai Peninsula

Kasilof River, Kenai Peninsula

Kasilof River starts at the outlet of Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northwest for 17 miles (27 km) through the Kenai Lowland to Cook Inlet, draining a watershed of 93,275 acres (37,747 ha), about 51 miles (82 km) north-northeast of Homer and 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Kenai, Alaska.

Toke Point, Willapa Bay

Toke Point, Willapa Bay

Toke Point is at the end of Tokeland Spit that projects southeast for 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of Willapa Bay, a large estuary formed by several streams, the largest being Willapa River, about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Olympia and 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Westport, Washington.

Stinson Beach, Bolinas Bay

Stinson Beach, Bolinas Bay

Stinson Beach is a community on Bolinas Bay developed on a crescent-shaped sand spit partially enclosing Bolinas Lagoon between Duxbury Point to the northwest and Rocky Point to the south, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of San Francisco and 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Point Reyes Station, California.

Hoh River, Olympic National Park

Hoh River, Olympic National Park

Hoh River starts from the terminus of the Hoh Glacier at an elevation of roughly 4,200 feet (1,280 m) on the northeast flank of Mount Olympus in Olympic National Park and flows generally west-southwest for 56 miles (90 km) draining a watershed of 191,360 acres (77,441 ha) to the Pacific Ocean, about 99 miles (159 km) west of Seattle and 15 miles (24 km) south of Forks, Washington.

Cordova Bay, Saanich Peninsula

Cordova Bay, Saanich Peninsula

Cordova Bay is a shallow bight and a community located on the eastern shore of the Saanich Peninsula in the municipality of Saanich, one of the 13 cities comprising the Greater Victoria Region on Vancouver Island, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 7 miles (11 km) north of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

Mad River, McKinleyville

Mad River, McKinleyville

Mad River starts in the Coast Range at an elevation of 4,845 ft (1,477 m) and flows generally northwest for 113 miles (182 km), draining a watershed of 318,080 acres (128,722 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles (19 km) north of Eureka and 1.8 miles (3 km) northwest of McKinleyville, California.

Point Barrow, Elson Lagoon

Point Barrow, Elson Lagoon

Point Barrow is a spit that extends northeast from the mainland for 4 miles (6.4 km) into the Arctic Ocean forming Elson Lagoon to the southeast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 9.8 miles (16 km) northeast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska.

Chignik Lagoon, Alaska Peninsula

Chignik Lagoon, Alaska Peninsula

Chignik Lagoon is an embayment that trends southwest for 8.5 miles (14 km) from the head of Chignik Bay to the mouth of Chignik River on the Gulf of Alaska coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 45 miles (73 km) south of Port Heiden and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of the community of Chignik, Alaska.

Ivanof Bay, Alaska Peninsula

Ivanof Bay, Alaska Peninsula

Ivanof Bay is a community on the Alaska Peninsula at the head of Ivanof Bay, an estuary of the Ivanof River that starts at an elevation of roughly 1000 feet (305 m) on the south flank of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) draining a watershed of 15,545 acres (6,291 ha), about 57 miles (92 km) northeast of Sand Point and 13 miles (21 km) west of Perryville, Alaska.

Point Lay Village, Kokolik River

Point Lay Village, Kokolik River

Point Lay Village is a community at the mouth of the Kokolik River on Kasegaluk Lagoon, about 94 miles (152 km) southwest of Wainwright and 134 miles (216 km) northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.

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