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Akutan Airport, Akun Island
Akutan Airport is a State of Alaska owned public-use airport on Akun Island that serves the community of Akutan which is 6 miles (10 km) west-southwest across Akutan Bay on Akutan Island, about 766 miles (1,235 km) southwest of Anchorage and 44 miles (71 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Crofton, Vancouver Island
Crofton is a small coastal community at Osborne Bay on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, about 34 miles (55 km) north-northwest of Victoria and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Old Harbor, Kodiak Island
Old Harbor is a small Alutiiq community situated on the western shore of Sitkalidak Strait that separates Sitkalidak Island from Kodiak Island, about 48 miles (77 km) southwest of Kodiak and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Akhiok, Alaska.
FV Lisa Jo, Akun Bay
FV Lisa Jo is a shipwreck at the entrance to Akun Bay on the western coast of Akun Island between Round Head to the south and Billings Head to the north, about 94 miles (151 km) southwest of False Pass and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of the village of Akutan, Alaska.
East Point, Saturna Island
East Point is the end of a long peninsula at the easternmost tip of Saturna Island in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Vancouver and 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Sidney, British Columbia.
Beauclerc Island, Sumner Strait
Beauclerc Island is in Sumner Strait, at the entrance to Port Beauclerc on Kuiu Island, in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, about 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Sitka and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Point Baker, Alaska.
False Pass, Isanotski Strait
False Pass is a small community on the east coast of Unimak Island, at the northern end of Isanotski Strait, about 142 miles (229 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska.
Portlock Point, Prevost Island
Portlock Point is part of a larger peninsula that forms the eastern extremity of Prevost Island and is part of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, about 33 miles (53 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 13 miles (21 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia.
Mueller Cove, Umnak Island
Mueller Cove provides a protected landing for the village of Nikolski at the head of Nikolski Bay, on the northern shore and at the southwestern end of Umnak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands, about 338 miles (544 km) east-northeast of Adak and 116 miles (187 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Helm Point, Coronation Island
Helm Point is a prominent headland at the southern tip of Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, between Chatham and Sumner Straits, about 94 miles (151 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska.
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