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- ↑ "AREA DESCRIPTION" (PDF).
- ↑ dfg.webmaster@alaska.gov. "Wildlife Viewing at Resurrection Bay - Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Department of Fish and Game". www.adfg.alaska.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ "Resurrection Peninsula Topo Map, Kenai Peninsula County AK (Blying Sound D-7 Area)". TopoZone. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ Nelson, Steven W.; Miller, Marti L.; Dumoulin, J A. (1987). Resurrection Peninsula and Knight Island ophiolites and recent faulting on Montague Island, southern Alaska. Vol. 1. pp. 433–438. doi:10.1130/0-8137-5401-1.433.
Coordinates: 59°59′31″N149°15′36″W / 59.992°N 149.260°W
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