Alaska Gazetteer
Afognak River is a physical feature (stream) in Kodiak Island Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Afognak River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on S coast of Afognak I., heads at Afognak Lake, flows SE to Afognak Bay, Kodiak I. 3.2 miles long. |
| History: | Name derived from Afognak Island reported in 1839 or 1840 as Reka Afognak, or Afognak River, by Sub Lieutenant Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. The Russian name Litnik was reported in 1900 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN). See Litnik, locality. |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.0772209167 |
| Longitude: | -152.800827026 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Afognak River: Afognak River.
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Aleneva, AK
(4.1 miles WSW) Port Lions, AK (14.8 miles SSW) |
Ouzinkie, AK
(15.2 miles SE) |
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Afognak, AK
(4.1 miles SSE) Aleut Village, AK (4.3 miles SSE) |
Duck Village, AK
(9.4 miles ENE) |
