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View of Unalakleet from the air

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
View from the sky of a marsh with many sinuous channels near larger body of water, the spit of land on the right has buildings.
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Unalakleet village on the low-lying barrier spit at the inlet of the Unalakleet River and Norton Sound, Alaska.

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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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