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Indian Valley, Turnagain Arm
Indian is an Alaska Railroad siding and small community at the entrance to a deep valley on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Portage and 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Anchorage, Alaska.
Kibesillah, Mendocino Coast
Kibesillah is the site of a historical lumber-loading chute and for a short time was one of the most important communities on the Mendocino Coast, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Bragg and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Westport, California.
Rainbow Valley, Turnagain Arm
Rainbow Valley is a watershed located on Turnagain Arm between Rainbow Peak to the west and Indianhouse Mountain to the east, approximately 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of Anchorage and 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Girdwood, Alaska.
Queets River, Olympic National Park
The Queets River flows approximately 53 miles (85 km), mostly through Olympic National Park, to the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Aberdeen and 5 miles (8 km) south of Kalaloch, Washington.
Fossil Bluffs, Kuiu Island
Fossil Bluffs is on the northeast shore of Halleck Harbor near the northern entrance of Saginaw Bay on Kuiu Island, about 42 miles (68 km) southeast of Sitka and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Kake, Alaska.
Border Field State Park, Playas de Tijuana
Border Field State Park is part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, adjacent to the urban neighborhood of Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, located about 12 miles (19 km) south of San Diego, it lies within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California.
Portlock Cannery, Port Chatham
Portlock is a historical salmon cannery in Port Chatham, an embayment on the southern coast of the Kenai Peninsula, about 102 miles (164 km) north-northeast of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Port Graham, Alaska.
Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island
Cape Etolin is a point of land extending about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north into the Bering Sea on the northern coast of Nunivak Island, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Nightmute on the mainland and 4 miles (6 km) north-northeast of Mekoryuk, Alaska.
Gualala, Gualala River
The Gualala River flows into the Pacific Ocean at the community of Gualala, approximately 92 miles (148 km) northwest of San Francisco and 40 miles (64 km) south-southeast of Mendocino, California.
Claxton, Telegraph Passage
Claxton is a historical salmon cannery and community at the mouth of Claxton Creek on the eastern shore of Telegraph Passage in the Skeena River estuary, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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