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Anderson Gulch, Lost Coast

Anderson Gulch is a small watershed on the Lost Coast of Northern California, between Northport Gulch and Dark Gulch, about 9 miles (15 km) west of Leggett and 2.6 miles (4 km) south-southeast of Wheeler, California.

Kitoi Bay Hatchery, Afognak Island

Kitoi Bay is a cove about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, located on the west side of Izhut Bay on the southeast coast of Afognak Island, about 105 miles (169 km) southwest of Homer and 28 miles (45 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska.

Prosper, Coquille River

Prosper is a historical community on the Coquille River, about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Coquille and 3 miles (5 km) northeast and upstream of Bandon, Oregon.

Bird Creek, Turnagain Arm

Bird Creek starts in the Chugach Mountains and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to Turnagain Arm, about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Anchorage and 12 miles (19 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska.

Millstream Creek, Esquimalt Harbour

Millstream Creek is a salmon-bearing stream that drains a watershed with an area of 6,424 acres (2,600 ha) of lakes and wetlands over a distance of 8 miles (12.5 km) before it flows into a tidal estuary in Esquimalt Harbour, about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) northwest of Victoria and 1.8 miles (3 km) east of Langford, British Columbia.

Golden Mine, Port Wells

Golden is a historical mining community on Port Wells, a fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Valdez and 27 miles (44 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.

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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.

Kanatak, Portage Bay

Kanatak is an uninhabited Alutiiq community of the Native Tribe of Kanatak located at the head of Portage Bay, on the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 136 miles (219 km) west-southwest of Kodiak and 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Egegik, Alaska.

Point Bonita, Marin Headlands

Point Bonita is the site of a historic lighthouse situated on the Marin Headlands at the northern entrance to the Golden Gate, about 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of San Francisco, and 4 miles (7 km) southwest of Sausalito, California.

Coco Harbor, Dall Island

Coco Harbor is an estuary that extends west for 3 miles (4.8 km) from Baldy Bay, off Tlevak Strait, on the east coast of Dall Island, Alaska.

Peter Iredale, Clatsop Spit

Peter Iredale was a British four-masted bark-rigged sailing ship with a length of 275 feet (84 m) that ran aground in 1906 and wrecked on Clatsop Spit, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Astoria and 2 miles ( km) southwest of Hammond, Oregon.

Shoup Glacier, Port Valdez

Shoup Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 6,800 feet (2,073 m) in the Chugach Mountains between Mount Shouplina to the west and Mount Logan to the east, and flows 16 miles (26 km) generally south-southwest to Shoup Bay on the northwest shore of Port Valdez in Prince William Sound, about 74 miles (119 km) east-northeast of Whittier and 9 miles (15 km) west of Valdez, Alaska.

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