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Merry Island, Malaspina Strait
Merry Island is situated at the southern entrance to Welcome Passage in Malaspina Strait, between the Thormanby Islands to the west and the Sunshine Coast, about 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Vancouver and 3 miles (5 km) south of Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.
Devils Bay, Afognak Island
Devils Bay is a bight about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide on the north shore of Black Cape, a prominent headland on the northwest coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Island Archipelago, about 97 miles (156 km) southwest of Homer and 48 miles (77 km) northwest of the community of Kodiak, Alaska.
Tugidak Island, Trinity Island Group
Tugidak Island is the westernmost of the Trinity Island Group, which includes Sitkinak Island, and is part of the Kodiak Archipelago situated off the southern tip of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 145 miles (233 km) east of Chignik and 124 miles (200 km) south-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Vindicator Mine, Popof Island
Vindicator is a historical beach placer mine in the Alaska Peninsula Mining District situated on the western shore of Popof Island between Sand Point to the north and Red Cove to the south, about 260 miles (419 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Perryville, Alaska.
Estevan Point, Hesquiat Peninsula
Estevan Point is the site of a historic lighthouse at the end of the Hesquiat Peninsula which forms the southern entrance to Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Gold River and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Tofino, British Columbia.
Bodfish Island, Simpson Lagoon
Bodfish Island is part of the Jones Island barrier chain between Cottle Island to the east and Bertoncini Island to the west, separating Simpson Lagoon from the Beaufort Sea, about 178 miles (286 km) southeast of Utqiagvik and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Deadhorse, Alaska.
Leffingwell Camp, Flaxman Island
Leffingwell Camp is situated on Flaxman Island, a shape-shifting barrier island separating the Beaufort Sea to the north and Lion Bay to the south, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Deadhorse and 58 miles (94 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska.
Chrome Island, Baynes Sound
Chrome Island is located 0.15 miles (0.24 km) south of Boyle Point Provincial Park, on the southern tip of Denman Island, and is the site of a historic lighthouse that marks the southern entrance to Baynes Sound, about 72 miles (116 km) west-northwest of Vancouver and 2 miles (3.2 km) east-northeast of Deep Bay, British Columbia.
Makarius Bay, Amchitka Island
Makarius Bay is on the southeastern coast of Amchitka Island, the southernmost of the Rat Islands group in the Aleutian Islands of Southwest Alaska, bounded by the Bering Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south, about 2500 miles (4024 km) north-northwest of Honolulu and 182 miles (293 km) west-southwest of Adak, Alaska.
Cordova Bay, Saanich Peninsula
Cordova Bay is a shallow bight and a community located on the eastern shore of the Saanich Peninsula in the municipality of Saanich, one of the 13 cities comprising the Greater Victoria Region on Vancouver Island, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 7 miles (11 km) north of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.
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