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Cape Newenham, Togiak Bay

Cape Newenham is a massive headland on the eastern shore of the Bering Sea, situated between Kuskokwim Bay to the north and Togiak Bay to the south, about 149 miles (240 km) south of Bethel and 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Togiak, Alaska.

Point Lobos, Carmel Bay

Point Lobos is a rocky headland at the south end of Carmel Bay between Cypress Cove to the north and Headland Cove to the south on the central coast of California, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of Big Sur and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Carmel, California.

Fortification Bluff, Kamishak Bay

Fortification Bluff is a sea cliff more than 3 miles (4.8 km) long that rises almost vertically to 1,200 feet (366 m) on the south face of Step Mountain in Kamishak Bay, on the Cook Inlet shore of the Alaska Peninsula, about 125 miles (201 km) northwest of Kodiak and 82 miles (132 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Dirty Glacier, Harriman Fjord

The Dirty Glacier flows generally north for about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from an elevation of 3,800 feet (1,158 m) in the Chugach Mountains of western Prince William Sound to its terminus at an outwash plain about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the head of Harriman Fjord, about 71 miles (114 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.

Rincon Creek, Santa Barbara Channel

Rincon Creek is a stream that begins in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Divide Peak, at an elevation of 4,800 feet (1,463 m), and drains a watershed of 9,352 acres (3,785-ha) while flowing generally south for 10 miles (16 km) to the Santa Barbara Channel at Rincon Point, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Ventura and 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Carpinteria, California.

Kalaloch, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch is a resort, campground and ranger station on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula, at the mouth of Kalaloch Creek in Olympic National Park, about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of La Push and 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of Taholah, Washington.

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Point of Arches, Olympic National Park

Point of Arches and the adjacent Shi Shi Beach represent a unique section of shoreline located at the edge of the Olympic National Park.

Cape Kiwanda, Pacific City

Cape Kiwanda is a sandstone headland with an elevation of 240 feet (73 m), protected by a basalt island known as Haystack Rock lying 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the southwest, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southwest of Tillamook and 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Pacific City, Oregon.

Kirschner Lake, Kamishak Bay

Kirschner Lake is on the western coast of lower Cook Inlet at an elevation of about 80 feet (24 m) and isolated by a waterfall that cascades 40 feet (12 m) to the northern shore of Kamishak Bay, about 110 miles (177 km) northeast of King Salmon and 86 miles (138 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Camp Castaway, North Spit Coos Bay

Camp Castaway is a historical site on North Spit of Coos Bay, a sandy, vegetated peninsula separating the estuary of the Coos River from the Pacific Ocean, about 3.8 miles (6 km) west of North Bend and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Charleston, Oregon.

Point Grenville, Quinault Nation

Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington.

Tin City, Cape Mountain

Tin City is a historical mining community on Cape Prince of Wales, located at the mouth of Cape Creek and adjacent to Cape Mountain on the Seward Peninsula, about 103 miles (166 km) northwest of Nome and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wales, Alaska.

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