San Juan Islands (Alaska)
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The San Juan Islands are a small archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle
, located 53 miles east of Sitka, in Pybus Bay on the southeast flank of Admiralty Island
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Alaska Panhandle
Southeast Alaska, sometimes referred to as the Alaska Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of Southeast Alaska's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the United...
, located 53 miles east of Sitka, in Pybus Bay on the southeast flank of Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, at . It is 145 km long and 56 km wide with an area of 4,264.1 km² , making it the seventh largest island in the United States and the 132nd largest island in the world. It is one of the...
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