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Mush Bay, East Arm Uganik Bay
Mush Bay is a local name for a shallow embayment on the western shore of the East Arm of Uganik Bay on Kodiak Island’s west coast, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Larsen Bay and 40 miles (65 km) west-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Taholah, Quinault River
Taholah is a community located at the mouth of the Quinault River on lands of the Quinault Indian Nation, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Moclips and 41 miles (66 km) north of Hoquiam on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
Malachan, Nitinat Lake
Malachan is a Ditidaht community of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation located at the head of Nitinat Lake on the west coast of Vancouver Island, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Bamfield, and 93 miles (150 km) northwest by road from Victoria, British Columbia.
Copper City, Hetta Inlet
Copper City is an abandoned mining community located on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Lime Point and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Hydaburg.
Ecola Creek, Cannon Beach
Ecola Creek flows into the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon.
Santa Barbara Lighthouse, Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara Lighthouse is located between the East Mesa and West Mesa neighborhoods, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Santa Barbara Harbor, in the City of Santa Barbara, California.
Anchor River, Anchor Point
Anchor River is on the Kenai Peninsula, flowing west for about 30 miles (48 km) from Bald Mountain to a lagoon at Anchor Point on Cook Inlet’s eastern shore, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska.
Humpback Bay, Porcher Island
Humpback Bay is an embayment on the north coast of Porcher Island off Malacca Passage, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Jackass Creek, Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Jackass Creek flows generally west for 2.5 miles (4 km) to the Pacific Ocean, about 18 miles (30 km) north-northwest of Westport and 14 miles (22.5 km) southeast of Shelter Cove, California.
Gingolx, Kincolith River
Gingolx is one of four Nisga’a villages that make up the Nisga’a First Nation and is situated at the confluence of the Kincolith River and the Nass River on the northern shore of Nass Bay, about 70 miles (113 km) east-southeast of Ketchikan and 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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