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Village Islands, Uganik Bay
Village Islands is a group of 6 large islands and many islets that extend for 1.7 miles (2.7 km) along the western shore of Uganik Bay, about 147 miles (237 km) southwest of Homer and 42 miles (68 km) due west of Kodiak, Alaska.
Cape Douglas, Shelikof Strait
Cape Douglas is a point of land at the base of Mount Douglas that forms the southern entrance to Sukoi Bay, on the western shore of Shelikof Strait in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer and 81 miles (131 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Neva, Kruzof Island
In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Kruzof Island, about 93 miles (150 km) southwest of Juneau and 10 miles (16 km) west of Sitka, Alaska.
Michigan Creek, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Michigan Creek is a small watershed that drains the coast mountains on Vancouver Island in the temperate rainforest of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and enters the Pacific Ocean about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Pachena Point Light Station, and 8.5 miles (14 km) southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia.
Surf Beach, Santa Ynez River Estuary
Surf Beach is within Vandenberg Air Force Base and extends south-southwest for about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) from the mouth of the Santa Ynez River Estuary to Spring Canyon, about 9 miles (14.5 km) west of Lompoc and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Point Arguello, California.
Mary D. Hume, Rogue River
Mary D. Hume was a steamer built in 1881 by R.D. Hume, a pioneer and early businessman of Ellensburg, a historical community at the mouth of the Rogue River, now named Gold Beach, Oregon.
Cape Beale Light, Barkley Sound
The first lighthouse established in British Columbia by the Canadian government was built in 1874 at Cape Beale on Barkley Sound.
Princess Kathleen, Lena Point
Lena Point is at the south entrance to Lena Cove on Favorite Channel, about 14 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska.
Point Franklin, Peard Bay
Point Franklin is between Peard Bay and the Chukchi Sea, about 54 miles (87 km) southwest of Utqiagvik and 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Wainwright, Alaska.
Cape Pankof, Unimak Island
Cape Pankof is a point of land on the southeast tip of the lkatan Peninsula on the southeast coast of Unimak Island, 148 miles (239 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of False Pass, Alaska.
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