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Lawrence Glacier, Blackstone Bay

Lawrence Glacier, Blackstone Bay

Lawrence Glacier starts from several cirques situated at the northern extent of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of roughly 3,000 feet (915 m) and flows generally northwest for 2.4 miles (4 km) to within a few hundred feet of tidewater at the south end of Willard Island in Blackstone Bay, about 84 miles (135 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 7 miles (11 km) south-southeast of Whittier, Alaska.

Tukrok River, Cape Krusenstern

Tukrok River, Cape Krusenstern

Tukrok River flows generally east-southeast for 7 miles (11 km) from Krusenstern Lagoon to Kotzebue Sound in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 166 miles (268 km) northeast of Wales and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Tonsina Bay, Nuka Passage

Tonsina Bay, Nuka Passage

Tonsina Bay is on the western shore of Nuka Passage at the base of Gore Point on the Kenai Peninsula, across from the southern end of Nuka Island, about 76 miles (122 km) south-southwest of Seward and 31 miles (50 km) south-southeast of Homer, Alaska.

Rendu Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Rendu Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Rendu Glacier starts in the Fairweather Range at an elevation of roughly 4600 feet (1400 m) in British Columbia and flows generally southeast for about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the United States border between Mount Barnard to the southwest and Boundary Peak 159 to the northeast, and then continues for another 12 miles through Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to Rendu Inlet, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 54 miles (87 km) north-northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Tugidak Island, Trinity Island Group

Tugidak Island, Trinity Island Group

Tugidak Island is the westernmost of the Trinity Island Group, which includes Sitkinak Island, and is part of the Kodiak Archipelago situated off the southern tip of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 145 miles (233 km) east of Chignik and 124 miles (200 km) south-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Portage Head, Makah Bay

Portage Head, Makah Bay

Portage Head is a prominent headland south of Cape Flattery on the Olympic Peninsula that separates Makah Bay Beach from Shi Shi Beach, about 58 miles (94 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington.

Vindicator Mine, Popof Island

Vindicator Mine, Popof Island

Vindicator is a historical beach placer mine in the Alaska Peninsula Mining District situated on the western shore of Popof Island between Sand Point to the north and Red Cove to the south, about 260 miles (419 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 67 miles (108 km) southwest of Perryville, Alaska.

Diamond NN Cannery, South Naknek

Diamond NN Cannery, South Naknek

Diamond NN is a historic cannery in South Naknek at the mouth of the Naknek River that flows into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Dillingham and 13 miles (21 km) west of King Salmon, Alaska.

Pedersen Lagoon, Aialik Bay

Pedersen Lagoon, Aialik Bay

Pedersen Lagoon receives freshwater from proglacial lakes of the Addison and Pedersen glaciers that descend from the Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords National Park on the western shore of Aialik Bay, about 64 miles (103 km) east-northeast of Homer and 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Seward, Alaska.

Estevan Point, Hesquiat Peninsula

Estevan Point, Hesquiat Peninsula

Estevan Point is the site of a historic lighthouse at the end of the Hesquiat Peninsula which forms the southern entrance to Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Gold River and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Tofino, British Columbia.

Bodfish Island, Simpson Lagoon

Bodfish Island, Simpson Lagoon

Bodfish Island is part of the Jones Island barrier chain between Cottle Island to the east and Bertoncini Island to the west, separating Simpson Lagoon from the Beaufort Sea, about 178 miles (286 km) southeast of Utqiagvik and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Deadhorse, Alaska.

Kirby Cove, Marin Headlands

Kirby Cove, Marin Headlands

Kirby Cove is an embayment in the Marin Headlands on the northern shore of the Golden Gate in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the site of a historic military installation, about 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of downtown San Francisco and 2.3 miles (4 km) south of Sausalito, California.

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