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Neva, Kruzof Island

In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Mount Edgecumbe on Kruzof Island, about 93 miles southwest of Juneau and 10 miles west of Sitka, Alaska.

Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet

Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, near the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.

Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Beartrack Cove is an estuary about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) wide situated at the mouth of the Beartrack River in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 46 miles (74 km) south-southwest of Haines and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Beatson Copper Mine, Latouche Island

Beatson Copper Mine, Latouche Island

Beatson Copper Mine and the abandoned mining community of Latouche are situated at the base of Mount Beatson and adjacent to Powder Point near the northwest tip of Latouche Island in Prince William Sound, about 82 miles (132 km) southwest of Cordova and 57 miles (92 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska.

Point Lena, Favorite Channel

Point Lena, Favorite Channel

Point Lena is located on Favorite Channel, between Point Stephens to the north and Point Louisa to the south, and is the site of an infamous historical shipwreck and the present-day Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, about 63 miles (102 km) south-southeast of Haines and 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.

Russian Gulch, Mendocino Coast

Russian Gulch, Mendocino Coast

Russian Gulch is a river that starts at an elevation of about 800 feet (244 m) on the northwestern flank of Hi Chute Ridge in the California Coast Ranges and flows generally northwest for 5 miles (8 km) to the Pacific Ocean, draining a watershed of 2,456 acres (994 ha) in Russian Gulch State Park, about 2 miles (3.3 km) north of Mendocino and 7 miles (11 km) south of Fort Bragg, California.

Lime Kiln Point, San Juan Island

Lime Kiln Point, San Juan Island

Lime Kiln Point is a state park of 42 acres (17 ha) and the site of a historic limestone quarry and kiln on the western shore of San Juan Island, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Roche Harbor and 6 miles (10 km) west of Friday Harbor, Washington.

Nubble Point, Kasitsna Bay

Nubble Point, Kasitsna Bay

Nubble Point is a bedrock outcrop connected to the Kenai Peninsula mainland by MacDonald Spit which forms and separates Kasitsna Bay from Kachemak Bay, about 11 miles (18 km) south of Homer and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.

Perryville, Alaska Peninsula

Perryville, Alaska Peninsula

Perryville is an Alutiiq Sugpiaq community established on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula between Three Star Point to the west and Coal Cape to the east, about 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Sand Point and 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Chignik, Alaska.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pigeon Point

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pigeon Point

Pigeon Point is a prominent headland and the site of a historic lighthouse, situated between Bolsa Point to the north and Franklin Point to the south, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California.

Cassiar Cannery, Skeena River

Cassiar Cannery, Skeena River

Cassiar is a historic salmon cannery situated on the northern shoreline of Inverness Passage at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 67 miles (18 km) southwest of Terrace and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Saint Nicholas Chapel, Ekuk

Saint Nicholas Chapel, Ekuk

Saint Nicholas Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church situated on a bluff overlooking Ekuk Spit and the summer set-net community of Ekuk, on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Dillingham and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Clarks Point, Alaska.

Chariot, Cape Thompson

Chariot, Cape Thompson

Cape Thompson is a headland on the Chukchi Sea coast near the site of Project Chariot, about 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Kivalina and about 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Point Hope, Alaska.

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