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Excelsior Glacier, Johnstone Bay

Excelsior Glacier flows south for about 8 miles (13 km) from the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula to its terminus at Big Johnstone Lake, formerly called Excelsior Lake, about 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Chenega Bay and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Seward, Alaska.

Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine

The Pitmegea River originates at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (396 meters) in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range, and flows northwest for 37 miles (60 kilometers) to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south-southwest of Point Lay and 66 miles (106 kilometers) northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.

Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island

Dutch Harbor is an anchorage and fish processing facility on the east coast of Amaknak Island, bordered by Mount Ballyhoo to the west and a gravel spit to the east that forms the natural harbor, about 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Akutan and 3 miles (5 km) north-northeast of Unalaska, Alaska.

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James Island, Quillayute River

James Island, Quillayute River

James Island has an elevation of over 160 feet (50 m) and is located at the mouth of the Quillayute River, about 32 miles (52 km) south of Neah Bay and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of La Push, Washington.

Pleasantside, Port Moody

Pleasantside, Port Moody

Pleasantside is a residential neighbourhood located on the northern shore of Port Moody, which is the eastern extension of Burrard Inlet, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Vancouver and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the community of Port Moody, British Columbia.

Chankliut Island, Castle Cape

Chankliut Island, Castle Cape

Chankliut Island is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) wide, located 6 miles (10 km) south of Castle Cape in the Pacific Ocean, about 240 miles (387 km) southwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Chignik, Alaska.

Anderson Gulch, Lost Coast

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.

Prosper, Coquille River

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, 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, 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 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.

Cape Fanshaw, Frederick Sound

Cape Fanshaw, Frederick Sound

Cape Fanshaw is a low wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Sitka, Alaska.

Kincaid Park, Point Campbell

Kincaid Park, Point Campbell

Kincaid Park is 1,517 acres (614 ha) located on Point Campbell between Knik and Turnagain Arms of Cook Inlet, 5.2 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

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