McKinley River
River in Alaska, United States
63°21′51″N 150°25′59″W / 63.36417°N 150.43306°W / 63.36417; -150.43306[1] • location
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The McKinley River (Lower Tanana: Henteel no' Tl'o) is a 58-mile (93 km) tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States.[3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks.[4] The river issues from Muldrow Glacier in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali.[4] It flows through the tundra north of the Alaska Range in a generally northwest direction, joining Birch Creek to form the Kantishna River near Chilchukabena Lake.[4]
The river was named McKinley Fork by A.H. Brooks in 1905. Other names or variants include Henteeth No' Tl'o and Hintusno' Dikats.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "McKinley River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
- ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- ^ a b c Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 611. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b c Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 102–03. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
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