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Refuge Rock, Partition Cove

Refuge Rock is in Partition Cove on the eastern shore of Sitkalidak Island, about 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Old Harbor, Alaska.

Cormorant Point, Gordon Head

Cormorant Point is a headland between Cordova Bay and Margaret Bay in Saanich’s Gordon Head neighborhood, about 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northeast of Victoria, British Columbia.

Sahlin Falls, Sheep Bay

Sahlin Falls is located at the base of Sahlin Creek on the northern shore of Sheep Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Valdez and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Cordova, Alaska.

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Square Rock, Norton Sound

Square Rock, Norton Sound

Square Rock is a marble pillar formed by an eroding sea stack situated about 200 feet (60 m) offshore from the eastern end of Bluff Cliffs on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula in Norton Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Nome and 18 miles (29 km) west of Golovin, Alaska.

Ma-le’l Dunes, Humboldt Bay

Ma-le’l Dunes, Humboldt Bay

Ma-le’l Dunes, a National Natural Landmark, lie between the Mad River Slough and the Pacific Ocean at the base of the Samoa Peninsula, which partially encloses the northern part of Humboldt Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Manila and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Arcata, California.

Uganik Fisheries Cannery, Northeast Arm

Uganik Fisheries Cannery, Northeast Arm

Uganik Fisheries is a historical salmon cannery on the north shore of Northeast Arm in Uganik Bay on the northwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (237 km) south-southwest of Homer and 35 miles (56 km) west of Kodiak, Alaska.

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island

Northeast Cape is a headland at the far eastern end of Saint Lawrence Island, formed by the Kinipaghulghat Mountains, between Cape Kulowye to the west and Cape Seevooka to the south, about 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Nome and 96 miles (155 km) east-southeast of Gambell, Alaska.

Pysht River, Pillar Point

Pysht River, Pillar Point

Pysht River originates near Ellis Mountain on the Olympic Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 16 miles (26 km), draining a watershed of 29,632 acres (11,992 ha), to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Pillar Point, about 31 miles (50 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Neah Bay, Washington.

Brim River Hot Springs, Gardner Canal

Brim River Hot Springs, Gardner Canal

Brim River Hot Springs and adjoining Owyacumish River Park protect 2,488 acres (1,007 ha) at the head of Owyacumish Bay on the north shore of Gardner Canal, about 96 miles (155 km) southwest of Prince Rupert and 40 miles (64 km) south-southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek, Kachemak Bay

Fritz Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that starts from a watershed divide between Lookout Mountain to the south and Bald Mountain to the north and flows generally south for 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Anchor Point and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

Napakiak, Kuskokwim River

Napakiak, Kuskokwim River

Napakiak is a village located on an island situated between the Kuskokwim River to the south and Johnson Slough to the north, about 167 miles (269 km) southeast of Emmonak and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Bethel, Alaska.

Pacific Biological Laboratories, Cannery Row

Pacific Biological Laboratories, Cannery Row

Pacific Biological Laboratories is a small, unpainted, two-story wood-frame building toward the northwest end of Cannery Row that served as a biological supply company operated by Edward F. Ricketts from 1937 to 1948, on a small property on Monterey Bay now sandwiched between the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Intercontinental Hotel in Monterey, California.

Yalik Point, Nuka Bay

Yalik Point, Nuka Bay

Yalik Point is the site of a historical Alutiiq village in Nuka Bay on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula, in present-day Kenai Fjords National Park, about 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Seward and 47 miles (76 km) east of Nanwalek, Alaska.

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