THIS MONTH
Rocky Cove, Cook Inlet
Rocky Cove is an embayment about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at the base of Step Mountain, between Ursus Cove to the north and Bruin Bay to the south on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Naknek and 76 miles (122 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.
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.
Cormorant Point, Gordon Head
Cormorant Point is a headland between Cordova Bay and Margaret Bay in Saanich’s Gordon Head neighborhood, about 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Sidney and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northeast of Victoria, British Columbia.
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.
Auke Creek, Mendenhall Peninsula
Auke Creek lies on the west coast of the Mendenhall Peninsula at the head of Auke Bay—a three‐mile (5 km) inlet at the northern end of Stephens Passage, about 66 miles (106 km) south‐southeast of Haines and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.
Oso Flaco Creek, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
Oso Flaco Creek drains a watershed of approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) consisting mostly of agricultural land before forming Oso Flaco Lake, now part of the Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean, about 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 5 miles (8 km) south of Oceano, California.
Bruin Bay Fault, Contact Point
Bruin Bay Fault is exposed at Contact Point, a headland on the southern shore of Bruin Bay along the western side of Cook Inlet, about 123 miles (198 km) northwest of Kodiak and 93 miles (150 km) west-southwest of Homer, Alaska.
Hastings Arm, Observatory Inlet
Hastings Arm extends 14 miles (23 km) north from Observatory Inlet into the Coast Mountains and terminates at the mouth of the Kshwan River, about 23 miles (37 km) south‐southeast of Stewart and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia.
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
Friday Harbor is a community at the head of a protected embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, the archipelago’s second-largest and most populous island, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Victoria and 18 miles (29 km) west of Anacortes, Washington.
Ozette Village, Cape Alava
Ozette is a historical Makah village at Cape Alava, the Olympic Peninsula’s westernmost point, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of La Push and 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Neah Bay, Washington.
Dakavak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Dakavak Bay is a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) wide inlet on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, that extends north from Shelikof Strait for about 3 miles (5 km), roughly 87 miles (140 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 83 miles (134 km) southeast of King Salmon, Alaska.