Alaska Gazetteer
Little Nelchina River is a physical feature (stream) in Copper River Borough. The primary coordinates for Little Nelchina River places it within the 99588 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Little Nelchina River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at 620600N1474900W, flows SE to Nelchina River, 1.5 mi. N of Twin Lakes and 61 mi. NW of Valdez, Copper River Basin |
| History: | "Captain E. F. Glenn, USA, named this river in 1898 ""Bubb Creek"" and gave its Ahtena Indian name ""Taiklano."" It was called ""Nelchina River"" in 1906 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and later ""Little Nelchina"" River (Moffit, 1915, fig. 3)." |
| Borough: | Copper River Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.9524993896 |
| Longitude: | -146.868896484 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Little Nelchina River: Little Nelchina River.
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Nelchina, AK
(4.3 miles NE) Eureka Roadhouse, AK (9.8 miles W) |
Mendeltna, AK
(15.7 miles ENE) |
| Mendeltna Lodge, AK (12.7 miles ENE) |
