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Friendly Cove, Nootka Island

Friendly Cove is an embayment on Nootka Island situated at the northern entrance to Nootka Sound, and is the site of a historic lighthouse and the Yuquot National Historic Site of Canada, about 72 miles (116 km) south-southeast of Port McNeill and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Tofino, British Columbia.

Marys Slough, Unalakleet River

Marys Slough is a side channel about 5 miles (8 km) long at the mouth of the Unalakleet River formed by a barrier spit on Norton Sound that creates an extensive tidal wetland, about 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Saint Michael and 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south-southeast of Unalakleet, Alaska.

Cape Tanak, Umnak Island

Cape Tanak is a headland on the north coast of Umnak Island in the Eastern Aleutian Islands between Cape Idak to the east and Ashishik Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor and 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Nikolski, Alaska.

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau Icefield

Mendenhall Glacier starts from an ice divide in the Juneau Icefield at an elevation of 4,300 feet (1,311 m) and flows generally southwest for 15 miles (24 km) to a proglacial lake between McGinnis Mountain to the west and Bullard Mountain to the east, about 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of Juneau and 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Auke Bay, Alaska.

Sinuk River, Cape Rodney

Sinuk River starts from a series of deglaciated cirques at an elevation of 1,890 feet (576 m) on the west flank of Tigaraha Mountain on the Seward Peninsula, and flows generally southwest for 44 miles (71 km), draining a watershed of 190,572 acres (77,122 ha), to the Bering Sea near Cape Rodney and the site of a historic village, about 47 miles (76 km) south of Teller and 26 miles (42 km) west-northwest of Nome, Alaska.

Cape Spencer, Cross Sound

Cape Spencer is a prominent headland in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve marking the northern entrance to Cross Sound adjacent to an area with numerous offshore islets, rocks, and islands, one of which, near the entrance to Dicks Arm, is the site of a historic lighthouse, about 45 miles (73 km) northwest of Hoonah and 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Fortification Bluff, Kamishak Bay

Fortification Bluff is a sea cliff over 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, about 125 miles (201 km) northwest of Kodiak and 82 miles (132 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.

Kalaloch, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch is a resort area 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.

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.

Winter Harbor, Prince of Wales Island

Winter Harbor is an embayment about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) wide on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, near the south entrance to Tuxekan Passage, about 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Klawock, Alaska.

Port Moller, Moller Bay

Port Moller is a small community clustered around a historical salmon cannery located on Moller Bay, an embayment on the Bering Sea coast of the Alaska Peninsula near the western margin of Bristol Bay, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of King Cove and 87 miles (140 km) west-southwest of Chignik, Alaska.

Soquel Creek, Capitola

Soquel Creek runs through Capitola, a community adjacent to Santa Cruz on the north coast of Monterey Bay, about 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco and 26 miles (42 km) north of Monterey, California.

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