Alaska Gazetteer
Fish River is a physical feature (stream) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Fish River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Rising in the Bendeleben Mountains, flows S to Golovnin Lagoon, emptying into Golofnin Sound, 35 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 47 miles long. |
| History: | "Eskimo name reported in 1838 as ""Ikalikhvik"" meaning ""fish (or fish place"" by Kashevarof. Various spellings were reported by Western Union Telegraph Expedition 1865-67. Dall (1870, p. 284) appears to be the first to have applied the name ""Fish River"" when he wrote: ""Golofnina Bay is connected with a large lagoon which opens in Grantley Harbor by the extremely winding channel of the Fish River, which has one principal tributary, the Kavi-ava-zak."" Dall's application heads the Fish River on what is now the Niukluk River." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.5861129761 |
| Longitude: | -163.350006104 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fish River: Fish River.
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White Mountain, AK
(6.8 miles NNW) |
Golovin, AK
(10 miles ESE) |
| Bluff, AK (12 miles W) |
