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Chankliut Island, Castle Cape

Chankliut Island, Castle Cape

Chankliut Island is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) wide, located 6 miles (10 km) south of Castle Cape in the Pacific Ocean, about 240 miles (387 km) southwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Chignik, Alaska.

Blind Slough, Mitkof Island

Blind Slough, Mitkof Island

Blind Slough is an estuary about 4 miles (6.5 km) long forming the lower course of the Blind River, that flows northwest on Mitkof Island to Wrangell Narrows, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Wrangell and 12 miles (19 km) south of Petersburg, Alaska. 

Clinton Della Walker House, Carmel Point

Clinton Della Walker House, Carmel Point

The Clinton Della Walker House was designed in 1948 by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed around 1951 on 216 acres (87 ha) of Carmel Point, about 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Monterey and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carmel, California.

Jeannette Island, McClure Islands

Jeannette Island, McClure Islands

Jeannette Island is a barrier island about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long, and one of McClure Islands on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 92 miles (148 km) west-northwest of Kaktovik and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Deadhorse, Alaska.

Fuca Pillar, Cape Flattery

Fuca Pillar, Cape Flattery

Fuca Pillar is a prominent rectangular sea stack on the west side of Cape Flattery, about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Port Renfrew and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Neah Bay, Washington.

Beluga River, Cook Inlet

Beluga River, Cook Inlet

Beluga River starts at Beluga Lake and flows southeast for about 30 miles (48 km) to Cook Inlet, about 46 miles (74 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 35 miles (57 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.

James Island Spit, Cordova Channel

James Island Spit, Cordova Channel

James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands lying in Haro Strait, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the coast of Vancouver Island, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria, British Columbia.

Point McIntyre, Stefansson Sound

Point McIntyre, Stefansson Sound

Point McIntyre is a low point of land at the west entrance to Prudhoe Bay, in Stefansson Sound on the Beaufort Sea coast, about 196 miles (316 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 120 miles (194 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska.

Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm

Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm

Dawes Glacier originates from the Stikine Icefield near the Alaska-Canada boundary and flows northwest for 20 miles (32 km) to tidewater in Endicott Arm, about 100 miles (161 km) northeast of Sitka and 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.

Anderson Gulch, Lost Coast

Anderson Gulch, Lost Coast

Anderson Gulch is a small watershed on the Lost Coast of Northern California, between Northport Gulch and Dark Gulch, about 9 miles (15 km) west of Leggett and 2.6 miles (4 km) south-southeast of Wheeler, California.

Kitoi Bay Hatchery, Afognak Island

Kitoi Bay Hatchery, Afognak Island

Kitoi Bay is a cove about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across, located on the west side of Izhut Bay on the southeast coast of Afognak Island, about 105 miles (169 km) southwest of Homer and 28 miles (45 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska.

Prosper, Coquille River

Prosper, Coquille River

Prosper is a historical community on the Coquille River, about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Coquille and 3 miles (5 km) northeast and upstream of Bandon, Oregon.

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