Alaska Gazetteer
Yahtse River is a physical feature (stream) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Yahtse River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads at terminus of Malaspina Glacier and flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 5 mi. E of Point Riou and 63 mi. W of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | "According to William Williams (1889, p. 392), ""Yahtse"" is ""the name by which the Jones River is known to the Indians."" H. W. Topham reported the name in 1889 as Yahtse-Tah. In 1886 Lieutenant F. Schwatka, USA, named it the Jones River after the proprietor of the New York Times." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.8633346558 |
| Longitude: | -141.393325806 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Yahtse River: Yahtse River.
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