Feather River (Alaska)

Feather River
Country United States
State Alaska
District Nome Census Area
Source Seward Peninsula
 - location Kigluaik Mountains
 - elevation 2,113 ft (644 m) [1]
 - coordinates 64°52′52″N 165°54′24″W / 64.88111°N 165.90667°W / 64.88111; -165.90667 [2]
Mouth Bering Sea
 - location 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Nome
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m) [2]
 - coordinates 64°50′20″N 166°23′23″W / 64.83889°N 166.38972°W / 64.83889; -166.38972Coordinates: 64°50′20″N 166°23′23″W / 64.83889°N 166.38972°W / 64.83889; -166.38972 [2]
Length 17 mi (27 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Feather River in Alaska

Feather River is a stream, 17 miles (27 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Flowing west[2] in the Nome mining district, it debouches a little north of Cape Woolley on the Bering Sea.[3] Its creeks include Livingston, from the east; Thistle and Wills, from the north; and Johnston, from the east.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Feather River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic dictionary of Alaska (Public domain ed.). Government Printing Office. pp. 253, 337, 410, 623, 675–. Retrieved 31 March 2013.


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