THIS MONTH
Point Wilson Light Station, Fort Worden
Point Wilson is the site of a historic light station on the grounds of former Fort Worden, situated on a low, broad sand spit that extends northeast for 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the northern end of the Quimper Peninsula into Admiralty Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) east of Port Angeles and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Port Townsend, Washington.
Bainbridge Glacier, Port Bainbridge
Bainbridge Glacier starts on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows generally east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47 miles (76 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 36 miles (58 km) east of Seward, Alaska.
Anyox, Observatory Inlet
Anyox is an abandoned mining community in the Coast Mountains at the mouth of Anyox Creek on Granby Bay in Observatory Inlet, about 79 miles (127 km) north-northeast of Prince Rupert and 37 miles (60 km) south of Stewart, British Columbia.
Rookery Falls, Passage Canal
Rookery Falls is located on the northern shore of Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Anchorage and 1.7 miles (1.9 km) north-northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Cannery Cove, Pybus Bay
Cannery Cove is an embayment on the western shore of Pybus Bay in the Kootznoowoo Wilderness on the southern coast of Admiralty Island, about 70 miles (113 km) south of Juneau and 24 miles (39 km) north-northwest of Kake, Alaska.
North Entrance, Big Salt Lake
North Entrance is a channel connecting Big Salt Lake to Shinaku Inlet at the head of San Alberto Bay on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, about 66 miles (106 km) south-southwest of Wrangell and 5 miles (8 km) north of Klawock, Alaska.
West Ballenas Island, Gulf Islands
West Ballenas Island is about 100 acres (40 ha) in the Gulf Islands and the site of a historic lighthouse in the Ballenas-Winchelsea Archipelago, an area proposed for a marine park of 12,108 acres (4900 ha), about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Nanaimo and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Parksville, British Columbia.
Point Resistance, Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Resistance is a headland on Drakes Bay at the north end of Kelham Beach in the Phillip Burton Wilderness of Point Reyes National Seashore and on the western shore of the Marin Peninsula, about 27 miles (44 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Olema, California.
Cape Suckling, Suckling Hills
Cape Suckling is an area of wave eroded rocky reefs backed by dunes and farther inland, the Suckling Hills and the terminus of the Bering Glacier, about 150 miles (241 km) west-northwest of Yakutat and 73 miles (117 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska.
Canoe Passage, Hawkins Island
Canoe Passage is a State of Alaska Marine Park of 2,507 acres (1,015 ha) that includes both shores of a small boat passage that trends northwest-southeast and bisects Hawkins Island, located in southeastern Prince William Sound, about 44 miles (71 km) south-southeast of Valdez and 11 miles (18 km) west of Cordova, Alaska.
Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Island
Ebey’s Landing is a strand on the southwest coast of Whidbey Island on Admiralty Inlet in northern Puget Sound, and the site of a historic pioneer homestead, about 45 miles (72 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Coupeville, Washington.
Cape Lewis, Lisburne Peninsula
Cape Lewis is a promontory with a summit elevation of 1,222 feet (372 m) with steep sea cliffs located between Ukinyak Creek to the north and Kiliktakgot Creek to the south, 11 miles (18 km) south of Cape Lisburne on the Lisburne Peninsula, about 107 miles (172 km) southwest of Point Lay and 27 miles (44 km) north-northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.