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Kongiganak, Kuskokwim Bay

Kongiganak is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the eastern bank of the Kongnignanohk River that flows generally south for 40 miles (64 km) through a watershed of 29,718 acres (12,026 ha) in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to the western shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Bethel and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Kwigillingok, Alaska.

Noatak River, Kotzebue Sound

Noatak River starts from several small cirque glaciers on the northeast flank of Mount lgikpak in the Schwatka Mountains and flows generally west for 425 miles (684 km) to Hotham Inlet in Kotzebue Sound, about 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Kivalina and 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Gualala, Gualala River

Gualala River flows into the Pacific Ocean at the community of Gualala where the river represents the combined flow of three tributaries that start from elevations near 1,800 feet (550 m) in the Coast Range and drain a watershed of 190,719 acres (77,181 ha), about 92 miles (148 km) northwest of San Francisco and 40 miles (64 km) south-southeast of Mendocino, California.

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Afognak Village, Marmot Bay

Afognak Village, Marmot Bay

Afognak, located at the head of Marmot Bay on the southeast coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, is a historic village abandoned after the 1964 tsunami, about 122 miles (196 km) south-southwest of Homer and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. Read more here: https://coastview.org/2025/04/28/afognak-village-afognak-strait/

Arch Cape Creek, Arch Cape

Arch Cape Creek, Arch Cape

Arch Cape is a small community at the mouth of Arch Cape Creek named after a natural sea arch in a basalt headland, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Bear Cove, Kachemak Bay

Bear Cove, Kachemak Bay

Bear Cove is a small embayment on the Kenai Peninsula that extends southeast for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the southeastern coast of Kachemak Bay between Bear Island to the south and Chugachik Island to the north, about 57 miles (92 km) south of Kenai and 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

Nikiski Terminal Wharf, East Foreland

Nikiski Terminal Wharf, East Foreland

Nikiski Terminal Wharf forms part of the Port of Nikiski petroleum facility in upper Cook Inlet on the west coast of the Kenai Peninsula at East Foreland, about 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Anchorage and 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of Kenai, Alaska.

Cliff House, Point Lobos

Cliff House, Point Lobos

Cliff House is a former restaurant perched on the Point Lobos headland of the San Francisco Peninsula just north of Ocean Beach, overlooking Seal Rocks offshore and the site of the former Sutro Baths onshore, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of downtown San Francisco and at the west end of the Richmond District of San Francisco, California.

Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor

Hoquiam River, Grays Harbor

Hoquiam River drains a watershed of 62,720 acres (25,382 ha) with three principal tributaries that merge into a single channel that trends generally south for 2.5 miles (4 km) to the confluence with the Chehalis River at the head of Grays Harbor between the communities of Hoquiam to the west and Aberdeen to the east, about 47 miles (76 km) west of Olympia and 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Westport, Washington.

White Alice, Anvil Mountain

White Alice, Anvil Mountain

White Alice is a historical communication station situated on Anvil Mountain at an elevation of 1,134 feet (345 m) on the Seward Peninsula, about 180 miles (290 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 5 miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Nome, Alaska.

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape is a headland at the far eastern end of Saint Lawrence Island, formed by the Kinipaghulghat Mountains, between Cape Kulowye to the west and Cape Seevooka to the south, about 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Nome and 96 miles (155 km) east-southeast of Gambell, Alaska.

Pysht River, Pillar Point

Pysht River, Pillar Point

Pysht River originates near Ellis Mountain on the Olympic Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 16 miles (26 km), draining a watershed of 29,632 acres (11,992 ha), to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Pillar Point, about 31 miles (50 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Neah Bay, Washington.

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that starts from a watershed divide between Lookout Mountain to the south and Bald Mountain to the north and flows generally south for 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Anchor Point and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

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