Snake River (Nome, Alaska)
- This article is about the river on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. There is another Snake River in Alaska, which discharges into Nushagak Bay near Dillingham. For other rivers named Snake River, see Snake River (disambiguation).
| Snake River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Alaska |
| District | Nome Census Area |
| Source | Seward Peninsula |
| - location | Confluence of Goldbottom Creek and North Fork Snake River |
| - elevation | 193 ft (59 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | 64°42′05″N 165°24′25″W / 64.70139°N 165.40694°W [2] |
| Mouth | Norton Sound, Bering Sea |
| - location | Nome |
| - elevation | 13 ft (4 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | 64°29′55″N 165°24′47″W / 64.49861°N 165.41306°WCoordinates: 64°29′55″N 165°24′47″W / 64.49861°N 165.41306°W [2] |
| Length | 20 mi (32 km) [2] |
  Location of the mouth of the Snake River in Alaska
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Snake River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing southerly, it discharges into Norton Sound, Bering Sea, at Nome, with its mouth lying in between the city's downtown area and its main airport. The river is 20 miles (32 km) long.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Snake River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
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