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Ma-le’l Dunes, Humboldt Bay
Ma-le’l Dunes, a National Natural Landmark, lie between the Mad River Slough and the Pacific Ocean at the base of the Samoa Peninsula, which partially encloses the northern part of Humboldt Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Manila and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Arcata, California.
Brim River Hot Springs, Gardner Canal
Brim River Hot Springs and adjoining Owyacumish River Park protect 2,488 acres (1,007 ha) at the head of Owyacumish Bay on the north shore of Gardner Canal, about 96 miles (155 km) southwest of Prince Rupert and 40 miles (64 km) south-southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.
Pacific Biological Laboratories, Cannery Row
Pacific Biological Laboratories is a small, unpainted, two-story wood-frame building toward the northwest end of Cannery Row that served as a biological supply company operated by Edward F. Ricketts from 1937 to 1948, on a small property on Monterey Bay now sandwiched between the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Intercontinental Hotel in Monterey, California.
Yalik Point, Nuka Bay
Yalik Point is the site of a historical Alutiiq village in Nuka Bay on the outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula, in present-day Kenai Fjords National Park, about 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Seward and 47 miles (76 km) east of Nanwalek, Alaska.
Cape Romanzof, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Cape Romanzof is a massive headland at the western end of the Askinuk Mountains on the Bering Sea coast of Southwest Alaska in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta between Kokechik and Scammon Bays, about 161 miles (259 km) northwest of Bethel and 20 miles (32 km) north of Hooper Bay, Alaska.
Coquille River, Bandon
Coquille River drains a mountainous watershed of about 6.8 million acres (2.7 million ha) with at least 26 named tributaries and flows for about 36 miles (58 km) from the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork to the Pacific Ocean at Bandon, about 26 miles (42 km) north of Port Orford and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Coos Bay, Oregon.
Lighthouse Point Park, Point Santa Cruz
Lighthouse Point Park is located on Point Santa Cruz, adjacent to Lighthouse Field State Beach at the northern boundary of Monterey Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Monterey and in Santa Cruz, California.
Brady Glacier, Taylor Bay
Brady Glacier lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, flowing from the Brady Icefield at 11,942 feet (3,640 m) in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains to Taylor Bay on Cross Sound’s north shore, about 139 miles (224 km) southeast of Yakutat and 32 miles (52 km) west of Gustavus, Alaska.
Sixes River, Cape Blanco
Sixes River drains a watershed of about 85,832 acres (34,735 ha) and flows generally west for about 31 miles (50 km) through coastal forests in southwestern Oregon and enters the Pacific Ocean just north of Cape Blanco, about 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Bandon and 8 miles (13 km) north-northwest of Port Orford, Oregon.
Halibut Cove Lagoon, Kachemak Bay
Halibut Cove Lagoon is a semi‐enclosed embayment 0.7 miles (1 km) wide at the head of Halibut Cove on Kachemak Bay’s southeast shore, on the Kenai Peninsula, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Seldovia and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.
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