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Oso Flaco Creek, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
Oso Flaco Creek drains a watershed of approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) consisting mostly of agricultural land before forming Oso Flaco Lake, now part of the Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean, about 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 5 miles (8 km) south of Oceano, California.
Bruin Bay Fault, Contact Point
Bruin Bay Fault is exposed at Contact Point, a headland on the southern shore of Bruin Bay along the western side of Cook Inlet, about 123 miles (198 km) northwest of Kodiak and 93 miles (150 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.
Hastings Arm, Observatory Inlet
Hastings Arm extends 14 miles (23 km) north from Observatory Inlet into the Coast Mountains and terminates at the mouth of the Kshwan River, about 23 miles (37 km) south‐southeast of Stewart and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia.
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
Friday Harbor is a community at the head of a protected embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, the archipelago’s second-largest and most populous island, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Victoria and 18 miles (29 km) west of Anacortes, Washington.
Ozette Village, Cape Alava
Ozette is a historical Makah village at Cape Alava, the Olympic Peninsula’s westernmost point, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of La Push and 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Neah Bay, Washington.
Dakavak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Dakavak Bay is a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) wide inlet on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, that extends north from Shelikof Strait for about 3 miles (5 km), roughly 87 miles (140 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 83 miles (134 km) southeast of King Salmon, Alaska.
Aialik Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park
Aialik Glacier flows southeast for 8 miles (13 km) from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains to tidewater at Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 66 miles (106 km) east-northeast of Homer and 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska.
Table Bluff, Humboldt Bay
Table Bluff is a promontory and coastal plateau less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, with an elevation of 163 feet (50 m), at the base of South Spit, which encloses the southern portion of Humboldt Bay, about 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Eureka and 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Loleta, California.
Burnett Inlet, Etolin Island
Burnett Inlet is a narrow, estuarine fjord that extends about 9 miles (15 km) north from Clarence Strait into the southwest coast of Etolin Island, roughly 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 25 miles (40 km) south-southwest of Wrangell, Alaska.
Kitsault River, Alice Arm
Kitsault River drains a watershed area of about 113,668 acres (46,000 ha), including the Kitsault Glacier that flows out of the Cambria Icefield and several smaller glaciers, and flows generally south for 23 miles (37 km) through the Coast Mountains to the head of Alice Arm, about 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of Stewart and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia.
Akutan Village, Akutan Island
Akutan is a community on the northern shore of Akutan Harbor, on Akutan Island, one of the Krenitzin Islands in the Fox Islands group of the Eastern Aleutians, about 766 miles (1,233 km) southwest of Anchorage and 35 miles (56 km) east of Unalaska, Alaska.
Valencia Bluffs, West Coast Trail
Valencia Bluffs are sea cliffs along the West Coast Trail in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Vancouver Island’s southwest shore, about 29 miles (47 km) northwest of Port Renfrew and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia.