Alaska Gazetteer
Klehini River is a physical feature (stream) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Klehini River places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Klehini River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads in a glacier on Nadahini Mtn. in Canada and flows SE across the international boundary to the Chilkat River opposite Klukwan, 22 mi. W of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | Tlingit Indian name reported in 1880 as Kluheeny by U.S. Navy. It was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 199) as T'lehini (or Kluhini) River. It is the Tlehini of Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map). |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.4116668701 |
| Longitude: | -135.929992676 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Klehini River: Klehini River.
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Klukwan, AK
(1.9 miles ESE) Covenant Life, AK (3.4 miles W) |
Mosquito Lake, AK
(9.9 miles NW) Lutak, AK (13.8 miles ESE) |
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Wells, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Chilkat, AK (1.4 miles SE) |
Tanani, AK
(19.8 miles ESE) |
