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Cape Espenberg, Seward Peninsula

Espenberg is a historic Iñupiaq settlement and present-day fish camp at Cape Espenberg, a peninsula composed of a series of dune-covered beach ridges on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Seward Peninsula that extends eastward into Kotzebue Sound, about 63 miles (101 km) east-northeast of Shishmaref and 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Foch Lagoon, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park

Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.

Sledge Island, Bering Sea

Sledge Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across, lies in the Bering Sea, 5 miles (8 km) off the Seward Peninsula’s south coast, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Wales and 25 miles (40 km) west of Nome, Alaska.

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Chilkoot, Lutak Inlet

Chilkoot, Lutak Inlet

Chilkoot is a historical Tlingit village located on the Chilkoot River between Lutak Inlet to the south and Chilkoot Lake to the north, about 83 miles (134 km) north-northwest of Juneau and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Skagway, Alaska. 

Copalis River, Copalis Beach

Copalis River, Copalis Beach

The Copalis River flows southwest for 22 miles (35 km) to the community of Copalis Beach, then another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Griffith-Priday State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Hoquiam and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pacific Beach, Washington.

Cottonwood Creek, Kachemak Bay

Cottonwood Creek, Kachemak Bay

Cottonwood Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park that flows south for about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Homer and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Voznesenka, Alaska.

Foch Lagoon, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park

Foch Lagoon, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park

Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.

Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore

Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore

Alamere Falls is located in the Phillip Burton Wilderness of Point Reyes National Seashore, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Olema and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) northwest of Bolinas, California.

Fossil Point, Tuxedni Bay

Fossil Point, Tuxedni Bay

Fossil Point is a prominent landmark in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on the southern shore of Tuxedni Bay, at the north end of Tuxedni Channel and west of Chisik Island, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai and 54 miles (87 km) northwest of Homer, Alaska.

Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet

Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet

Point No Point is a sand spit on the northern end of the Kitsap Peninsula, between Norwegian Point to the northwest and Pilot Point to the southeast, near the southern end of Admiralty Inlet that connects the Salish Sea with Puget Sound, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Kingston and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Hansville, Washington.

Valerie Glacier, Disenchantment Bay

Valerie Glacier, Disenchantment Bay

Valerie Glacier is formed by several tributary glaciers that flow from the south flank of Mount Vancouver in the Saint Elias Mountains of the Icefield Ranges, and the merged ice streams flow generally southeast for about 14 miles (22.5 km) to laterally join with the Hubbard Glacier and terminate in Disenchantment Bay, about 154 miles (248 km) northwest of Haines and about 33 miles (53 km) north-northeast of Yakutat, Alaska.

Point San Pedro, Pacifica

Point San Pedro, Pacifica

Point San Pedro forms the northwestern extent of Pedro Point Headland on San Pedro Mountain which reaches an elevation of about 624 feet (190 m) and has steep cliffs on both the northern and southern flanks, and forms the southern slope of the San Pedro Creek watershed, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north of Montara and the southern municipal boundary of Pacifica, California.

Devils Punchbowl, Otter Rock

Devils Punchbowl, Otter Rock

Devils Punchbowl is a collapsed sea cave or littoral sinkhole located on a headland in Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area at the community of Otter Rock, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Newport and 5 miles (8 km) south of Depoe Bay, Oregon.

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