Alaska Gazetteer
Kenai River is a physical feature (stream) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Kenai River places it within the AK 99611 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Kenai River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on Kenai Peninsula, heads at Kenai Lake in Kenai Mts., flows W to Cook Inlet at Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | Name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1900, map 16), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Tanaina Indian name for this stream was reported to be Kakny (Kakna); the Eskimo name was (Nikignik) meaning fire, but more probably referred to the Eskimo name for the local Indians. |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.543888092 |
| Longitude: | -151.278610229 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kenai River: Kenai River.
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Kenai, AK
(1.4 miles NE) Salamatof, AK (5.1 miles NNW) Ridgeway, AK (6.6 miles E) Soldotna, AK (8.4 miles ESE) Kalifornsky, AK (8.7 miles S) |
Nikiski, AK
(10.1 miles N) Cohoe, AK (12.2 miles S) Kasilof, AK (14.3 miles S) Sterling, AK (17.5 miles E) Funny River, AK (17.8 miles E) |
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Port Nikiski, AK
(10.2 miles NNW) Nikishka, AK (11.8 miles NNW) Peninsula Park Estates, AK (16.6 miles NNE) Naptowne, AK (18.9 miles E) Kustatan, AK (19.9 miles NW) |
