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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.

Cape Meares Lighthouse, Cape Meares

Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff on the south end of Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pigeon Point

Pigeon Point is a prominent headland and the site of a historic lighthouse, situated between Bolsa Point to the north and Franklin Point to the south, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California.

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Battery Point, Crescent City

Battery Point, Crescent City

Battery Point forms the western shore of a crescent-shaped bight, and the harbor for Crescent City, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Brookings and 66 miles (106 km) north of Eureka, California.

Yaquina Head, Agate Beach

Yaquina Head, Agate Beach

Yaquina Head is a prominent basalt headland, adjacent to the community of Agate Beach, rising over 100 feet (30 m) in elevation and extending 0.75 miles (1.2 km) into the Pacific Ocean, about 9 miles (15 km) south of Depoe Bay and 3 miles (5 km) north-northwest of Newport, Oregon.

East Point, Saturna Island

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.

Point Conception, Gaviota Coast

Point Conception, Gaviota Coast

Point Conception is located on the Gaviota Coast, at the western end of the Santa Barbara Channel, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Santa Barbara and 13 miles (21 km) south of Lompoc, California.

Portlock Point, Prevost Island

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.

Point Arena, Mendocino Coast

Point Arena, Mendocino Coast

Point Arena is a narrow headland about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long with a historical lighthouse that marks a significant change in the orientation of the Mendocino Coast, about 34 miles (55 km) south of Fort Bragg and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the community of Point Arena, California.

Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island

Cape Sarichef, Unimak Island

Cape Sarichef is at the southwestern end of Unimak Island, at the northwestern entrance to Unimak Pass on the Bering Sea coast, and on the northwest flank of Pogromni Volcano, about 80 miles (129 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 63 miles (101 km) west-southwest of False Pass, Alaska.

Point Cabrillo, Mendocino Coast

Point Cabrillo, Mendocino Coast

Point Cabrillo is a sandstone headland marked with a lighthouse on the Mendocino Coast between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, about 6.7 miles (11 km) south of Fort Bragg and 1.3 miles (2 km) southwest of Caspar, California.

Trinidad Head, Trinidad Bay

Trinidad Head, Trinidad Bay

Trinidad Head is a prominent headland joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus adjacent to the town of Trinidad and protecting Trinidad Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Crescent City and 18 miles (29 km) north of Eureka, California.

Discovery Island, Sea Bird Point

Discovery Island, Sea Bird Point

Discovery Island is part of a group of islands in Oak Bay off the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island at Sea Bird Point, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Sidney and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

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