Alaska Gazetteer
Mendenhall River is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Mendenhall River places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mendenhall River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in Mendenhall Lake, flows S to Gastineau Channel at Juneau Airport, 8 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Local name reported in 1903 by A. C. Spencer and C. W. Wright, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and derived from Mendenhall Glacier. Early miners about 1885 called this stream Glacier River (DeArmond, 1957, p. 32). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3452796936 |
| Longitude: | -134.615280151 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mendenhall River: Mendenhall River.
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