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Twin Hills, Togiak Bay

Twin Hills is a Yup’ik village situated on a distributary channel of the Togiak River at the head of Togiak Bay, about 130 miles (210 km) southeast of Bethel and 64 miles (103 km) west of Dillingham, Alaska.

Eldred Rock Lighthouse, Lynn Canal

Eldred Rock is a small island and site of a historic lighthouse situated adjacent to Sullivan Island in Lynn Canal, between the Chilkat Range to the west and the Kakuhan Range to the east, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Haines, Alaska.

Cape Pankof, Ikatan Peninsula

Cape Pankof is a point of land situated at the eastern tip of the lkatan Peninsula on Unimak Island and the site of the shipwrecked SS Oduna, about 148 miles (239 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of False Pass, Alaska.

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SS Clarksdale Victory, Hippa Island

SS Clarksdale Victory, Hippa Island

SS Clarksdale Victory is a shipwreck on the west coast of Hippa Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii Archipelago, about 49 miles (79 km) southwest of Masset and 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Queen Charlotte, British Columbia.

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.

Little Island, Lynn Canal

Little Island, Lynn Canal

Little Island is in Lynn Canal at the north end of Favorite Channel, 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north of Ralston Island, and about 67 miles (108 km) south of Skagway and 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.

Chil Bo San No. 6, Spray Cape

Chil Bo San No. 6, Spray Cape

Chil Bo San No. 6 is a shipwreck on Spray Cape, a conspicuous headland on the west coast of Unalaska Island between Skan Bay to the north and Pumicestone Bay to the south, about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Nikolski and 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

FV Lisa Jo, Akun Bay

FV Lisa Jo, Akun Bay

FV Lisa Jo is a shipwreck at the entrance to Akun Bay on the western coast of Akun Island between Round Head to the south and Billings Head to the north, about 94 miles (151 km) southwest of False Pass and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of the village of Akutan, Alaska.

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.

Helm Point, Coronation Island

Helm Point, Coronation Island

Helm Point is a prominent headland at the southern tip of Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, between Chatham and Sumner Straits, about 94 miles (151 km) south-southeast of Sitka and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska.

SS Farallon, Black Reef

SS Farallon, Black Reef

Black Reef is on the west shore of Cook Inlet about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) offshore between North Head and Knoll Head on a peninsula between Iliamna Bay and Iniskin Bay, and the site of the SS Farallon shipwreck, about 130 miles (209 km) northeast of King Salmon and 71 miles (114 km) west of Homer, Alaska.km) west of Homer, Alaska.

Boiler Bay Intertidal Research Reserve

Boiler Bay Intertidal Research Reserve

Boiler Bay Intertidal Research Reserve is a rocky embayment 0.6 miles (1 km) wide between Government Point to the south and Rabbit Rock to the north, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Lincoln City and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of Depoe Bay, Oregon.

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