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Wainwright, Kuk River
Wainwright is an Iñupiat community on the Chukchi Sea coastline situated on a barrier beach adjacent to Wainwright Inlet and the Kuk River, about 94 miles (151 km) northeast of Point Lay and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik, Alaska.
Ninagiak Island, Hallo Bay
Ninagiak Island is about 1.2 miles (2 km) long and 0.2 miles wide, located in Hallo Bay near the mouth of the Ninagiak River on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Shelikof Strait, about 122 miles (197 km) southwest of Homer and 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Lyre River, Low Point
Lyre River starts at the outlet of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park and flows roughly northwest for 5 miles (8 km) to Low Point on the Strait of Juan de Fuca draining a watershed of 43,200 acres (17,482 ha), about 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Clallam Bay and 19 miles (31 km) west of Port Angeles, Washington.
Kamishak River, Akumwarvik Bay
Kamishak River starts from an unnamed lake at an elevation of 2,700 feet (823 m) in a saddle between two peaks in the Aleutian Range and first flows southeast for 10 miles (16 km) and then north-northeast for 28 miles (45 km) through Katmai National Park and Preserve to Akumwarvik Bay, about 104 miles (168 km) southwest of Homer and 93 miles (150 km) east-northeast of King Salmon, Alaska.
Graveyard Point, Skeena River
Graveyard Point is a historical steamboat landing and telegraph station near the confluence of the Shames River and the Skeena River, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Prince Rupert and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Terrace, British Columbia.
Klamath River, Requa
Klamath River flows for 257 miles (415 km) from a broad patchwork of lakes and marshes at the edge of the Oregon high desert, through the Cascade Range and the Klamath Mountains, and enters the Pacific Ocean at the community of Requa, about 52 miles (84 km) north of Eureka and 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Crescent City, California.
Kern Creek, Turnagain Arm
Kern Creek is between Portage and Girdwood on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska.
Peterson Lagoon, Eagle Harbor
Peterson Lagoon is the estuary of Peterson Creek that starts from the outlet of Peterson Lake at an elevation of 734 feet (224 m) on Auke Mountain and flows north-northwest for 4 miles (7 km) to the lagoon that connects to Eagle Harbor, about 56 miles (90 km) south-southeast of Haines and 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.
Rabbit Creek, Imik Lagoon
Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) through the File Mountains, also known as the Tahinichok Mountains, to the Chukchi Sea at the southern end of Imik Lagoon in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 96 miles (155 km) southeast of Point Hope and 53 miles (85 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.
Aitiligauraq Shelter Cabin, Cape Krusenstern
Aitiligauraq Shelter Cabin is in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwestern Alaska and is situated on the south bank of an unnamed creek that flows west for 5 miles (8 km) from Eigaloruk Mountain to a coastal lagoon, about 110 miles (177 km) southeast of Point Hope and 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.
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