Egg Islands (Alaska)

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The Egg Islands are a small group of three islands west of the Egg Island Channel near Cordova, Alaska.

60°22′18.94″N145°48′35.33″W / 60.3719278°N 145.8098139°W / 60.3719278; -145.8098139


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