Alaska Gazetteer
Kotsina River is a physical feature (stream) in Copper River Borough. The primary coordinates for Kotsina River places it within the 99566 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Kotsina River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier at about 614600N1434500W, flows SW 42 mi. to Copper River, 2 mi. NE of Chitina and 67 mi. NE of Valdez; Copper River Basin. |
| History: | "Ahtena Indian name meaning ""coal river (kho-tsi-tns),"" spelled Katz-zelena and Katselena in 1898 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA. W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), used the Kotsina spelling on an 1899 fieldsheet." |
| Borough: | Copper River Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.5400009155 |
| Longitude: | -144.408340454 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kotsina River: Kotsina River.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Kotsina River does not include property ownership information.
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