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Igalik Island, Dease Inlet
lgalik Island is an arctic barrier island and the easternmost of the Plover Islands, 2.5 miles (4 km) long, at the entrance to Dease Inlet, 36 miles (58 km) east-southeast of Utqiagvik, Alaska.
Yukon Island, Kachemak Bay
Yukon Island is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, located on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Homer, Alaska.
Bentinck Island, Cape Calver
Bentinck Island is located between Cape Calver and Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Sooke and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Victoria, British Columbia.
Kitten Pass, Pye Islands
Kitten Pass is a water passage between Rabbit Island and Outer Island, in the Pye Islands group of the Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge, about 48 miles (77 km) east-southeast of Seldovia, and 63 miles (102 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska.
Alitak Lagoon, Tanner Head
Alitak Lagoon is 4 miles (6.5 km) long and about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Alitak Bay, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Cape Alitak at the south end of Kodiak Island, 93 miles (150 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Christmas Island, Beecher Pass
Christmas Island is about 200 feet (61 m) across, located between Beecher Pass and Duncan Canal, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Petersburg, Alaska.
Miners Bay, Mayne Island
Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia.
Mermaid Island, Neptune Bay
Mermaid Island is situated on a tidal flat called McKeon Flats formed by the Wosnesenski River as it flows into Neptune Bay, a bight about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Homer, Alaska.
D’Arcy Island, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
D’Arcy Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands in Haro Strait with about 205 acres (83 ha), situated 2.3 miles (3.7 km) west-southwest of the international border and part of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Anacortes and 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Victoria, British Columbia.
Shakun Islets, Swikshak Bay
Shakun Islets is a group of grass-covered islands and submerged reefs that extend north to south for 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at the entrance of Swikshak Bay in Shelikof Strait on the northeast coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 108 miles (174 km) southwest of Homer and 57 miles (92 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
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