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HMCS Mackenzie, Cornet Island
HMCS Mackenzie was a destroyer launched in 1961 and served until 1993 in the Royal Canadian Navy and in the Canadian Forces before being scuttled in Haro Strait in a channel between Cornet and Gooch Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands, about 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of Victoria and 5 miles (8 km) east-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia.
Whitman Creek, Revillagigedo Island
Whitman Creek starts from Blue Lake at an elevation of about 2,660 feet (811 m) on the south flank of Roy Jones Mountain on the southeast coast of Revillagigedo Island and flows generally southeast for 2.4 miles (4 km) to Whitman Lake, and then another 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to George Inlet, about 14 miles (23 km) north of Metlakatla and 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.
Fossil Bluffs, Kuiu Island
Fossil Bluffs is on the northeast shore of Halleck Harbor near the northern entrance of Saginaw Bay on Kuiu Island, about 42 miles (68 km) southeast of Sitka and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Kake, Alaska.
Cutts Island, Carr Inlet
Cutts Island is a state park about 300 feet (91 m) wide and 600 feet (183 m) long, with a distinctive sand spit extending 2,000 feet (610 m) north that nearly reaches Raft Island, and is situated about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) off the eastern shore of Carr Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Tacoma, and 5 miles (8 km) west of Gig Harbor, Washington.
Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island
Cape Etolin is a point of land extending about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north into the Bering Sea on the northern coast of Nunivak Island, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Nightmute on the mainland and 4 miles (6 km) north-northeast of Mekoryuk, Alaska.
Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island
Friday Harbor Laboratories is a marine biology field station of the University of Washington situated on the northern shore of Friday Harbor, an embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, about 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) west of Anacortes, Washington.
Chugachik Island, Kachemak Bay
Chugachik Island is situated about 800 feet (244 m) off the eastern shore and near the head of Kachemak Bay, between Bear Cove to the south and Martin River to the north, on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Homer and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south-southeast of Kachemak Selo, Alaska.
Amak Island, Bering Sea
Amak is a volcanic island situated in the Bering Sea that measures about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) longitudinally, about 172 miles (277 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Cold Bay, Alaska.
Anacortes Ferry Terminal, Guemes Channel
Anacortes ferry terminal is located at Ship Harbor, an embayment on the northwestern shore of Fidalgo Island and the southern shore of Guemes Channel, about 85 miles (137 km) north of Seattle and 3.7 miles (6 km) west of the community of Anacortes, Washington.
Osland, Smith Island
Osland was once an active fishing and boatbuilding community on the east coast of Smith Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 68 miles (109 km) southwest of Terrace and 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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