Alaska Gazetteer
Kahiltna River is a physical feature (stream) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The primary coordinates for Kahiltna River places it within the AK 99667 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Kahiltna River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at Kahiltna Glacier, at 622745N, 1511230W, flows SE to Yentna River, 53 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | "Tanaina Indian name reported in 1899 by Lieutenant Herron (1901, p. 45 and map) USA, as ""Car-ilt-nu Creek"" Present spelling was published by Adolf Knopf and Sidney Paige (in Brooks and others, 1906, p. 118), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Kakliaklia a3 ""on the Koyukuk River."" a7 Kakhlyakhlyakakat;Kakkhlyakhlyakakat;Kakliakhliakat;Kakliakliakat; Kikliakliakakate;Klakhlyakhlyakakat." |
| Borough: | Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.8530540466 |
| Longitude: | -150.779449463 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kahiltna River: Kahiltna River.
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