Ray River is a physical feature (stream) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Ray River |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | Heads at 655100N, 1510600W, flows E to the Yukon River, 28 mi NNE of Rampart, Kokrines-Hodzana High. |
History: | "Named by Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, in 1885 for Captain Patrick Henry Ray, USA, who established a station at Barrow in 1881 for meteorologic and magnetic observations. The Indian name, according to Dall (1870, p. 281) of the Western Union Telegraph expedition in 1867, was ""Tseetoht,"" It was spelled ""Shetchaut,"" by Whymper (1869, map). Recent maps have confused the Ray and Big Salt Rivers." |
Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 65.8780593872 |
Longitude: | -149.804168701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ray River: Ray River.
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