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Jug Handle Cove, Ecological Staircase

Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve made up of a series of ancient marine terraces, known as the Ecological Staircase, which exhibit different stages of ecological succession at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg and 5 miles (8 km) north of Mendocino, California.

Lituya Bay, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Lituya Bay is a fjord located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on the outer coast of Southeast Alaska, about 97 miles (156 km) southeast of Yakutat and 70 miles (113 km) west-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Chirikof Island, Kodiak Archipelago

Chirikof Island is about 33,000 acres (13,000 ha) and part of the Kodiak Island Archipelago located in the western Gulf of Alaska, about 180 miles (290 km) southwest of Kodiak and 137 miles (221 km) east of Perryville, Alaska.

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Peterson Bay, Kachemak Bay

Peterson Bay, Kachemak Bay

Peterson Bay extends approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Peterson Point into the Kenai Peninsula on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay in lower Cook Inlet, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Seldovia and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.

Flower Island, Ten Mile Point

Flower Island, Ten Mile Point

Flower Island is a small, uninhabited islet located about 250 feet (80 m) offshore from the southern end of Ten Mile Point, roughly 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 4 miles (6 km) east-northeast of Victoria, British Columbia.

Cape Fox Packing Company Cannery, Boca de Quadra

Cape Fox Packing Company Cannery, Boca de Quadra

The Cape Fox Packing Company operated a cannery from 1883 to 1886 on the north shore of Boca de Quadra, a fjord on the Portland Peninsula, about 59 miles (95 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Letnikof Cove, Chilkat Inlet

Letnikof Cove, Chilkat Inlet

Letnikof Cove is a small embayment about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across on the eastern shore of Chilkat Inlet, approximately 70 miles (113 km) north-northwest of Juneau and 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of Haines, Alaska.

Whaler Island, Crescent City

Whaler Island, Crescent City

Whaler Island, about 700 feet (215m) across, lies 0.4 miles (0.65km) offshore and is now connected to the mainland by a paved road on an artificial breakwater, about 16 miles (26km) north-northwest of Klamath and 1.4 miles (2.3km) southeast of Crescent City, California.

Union Bay Cannery, Ernest Sound

Union Bay Cannery, Ernest Sound

Union Bay is located on the lower Cleveland Peninsula at the southern entrance to Ernest Sound, between Lemesurier Point to the west and Union Point to the east, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Meyers Chuck and 34 miles (55 km) northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Copalis River, Copalis Beach

Copalis River, Copalis Beach

The Copalis River flows southwest for 22 miles (35 km) to the community of Copalis Beach, then another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Griffith-Priday State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Hoquiam and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pacific Beach, Washington.

Cottonwood Creek, Kachemak Bay

Cottonwood Creek, Kachemak Bay

Cottonwood Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park that flows south for about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Homer and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Voznesenka, Alaska.

Foch Lagoon, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park

Foch Lagoon, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park

Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.

Fish Creek, Harrison Bay

Fish Creek, Harrison Bay

Fish Creek flows generally northeast for approximately 110 miles (177 km) to Harrison Bay at the western edge of the Colville River Delta, about 141 miles (230 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 12 miles (19 km) north-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska.

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