Alaska Gazetteer
Soldotna Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Soldotna Creek places it within the AK 99669 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Soldotna Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | On the Kenai Peninsula, heads in a lowland in sec 2,T5N,R10W, and flows circuitously S to the Kenai River in Soldotna, 8 mi. SE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | "Name shown as ""Suldahtnah"" on a 1918 manuscript sheet probably by B. L. Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is considered by many to be derived from the Russian word meaning ""soldier,"" i.e. ""soldat,"" with 2 name ending determined by its use. Others consider it of Indian orgin meaning ""stream fork"" or from ""Tseldatna,"" meaning ""a kind of herb."" The second vowel in the present name is pronounced the same as the final vowel, i.e. the same as ""a"" in ""father.""" |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.4841651917 |
| Longitude: | -151.056396484 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Soldotna Creek: Soldotna Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Soldotna Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Soldotna, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Ridgeway, AK (3.4 miles NNW) Kenai, AK (8.4 miles NW) Kalifornsky, AK (9.2 miles WSW) Funny River, AK (10.1 miles E) |
Sterling, AK
(10.6 miles ENE) Cohoe, AK (11.7 miles SW) Kasilof, AK (12.6 miles SW) Salamatof, AK (12.8 miles NW) Nikiski, AK (16.3 miles NNW) |
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Naptowne, AK
(11.7 miles ENE) Port Nikiski, AK (17.6 miles NW) Nikishka, AK (19.2 miles NW) |
