McKinley River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
District | Denali Borough |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Muldrow Glacier |
• location | Denali National Park and Preserve |
• coordinates | 63°21′51″N 150°25′59″W / 63.36417°N 150.43306°W [1] |
• elevation | 3,117 ft (950 m) [2] |
Mouth | Kantishna River [3] |
• location | confluence with Birch Creek, 23 miles (37 km) east of Lake Minchumina |
• coordinates | 63°51′59″N 151°33′20″W / 63.86639°N 151.55556°W [1] |
• elevation | 646 ft (197 m) [1] |
Length | 58 mi (93 km) [3] |
The McKinley River ( Lower Tanana: Henteel no' Tl'o) is a 58-mile (93 km) tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States. [3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks. [4] The river issues from Muldrow Glacier in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali. [4] It flows through the tundra north of the Alaska Range in a generally northwest direction, joining Birch Creek to form the Kantishna River near Chilchukabena Lake. [4]
The river was named McKinley Fork by A.H. Brooks in 1905. Other names or variants include Henteeth No' Tl'o and Hintusno' Dikats. [1]
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