Information About

Kenai Peninsula

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kenai Peninsula on The Map

Location

60 ° 10' 0.001" N,
150 ° 15' 0" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Locales

Summit Lake Ski Area,

Elevation

2264 ft (690.07 m)

Kenai Peninsula in Detail.

About

Incomplete record - should be at least 69 maps, LATLONGs truncated in PH I by GIPSY - 9512. Extends SW from Turnagain Arm and Passage Canal, bounded on E by Gulf of Alaska and on W by Cook Inlet, Chugach Mts. and Cook Inlet Low.

History

Name published in 1868 by US@C&GS; probably derived from Kenayskaya the name given by the Russians in the 1790's to Cook Inlet. commodore Joseph Billings, called it Kanaiski land in 1802; Constantin Grewingk called it Tschugatsk Halbinsel or Chugach Peninsula in 1850.

Topo Maps

Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1950), Kenai (1950), Kenai A-1 (1951), Kenai A-1 (1951), Kenai A-1 (1951), Kenai A-1 (1952), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai A-1 NW (2017),
Places Near Kenai Peninsula
Cities:

Skilak,

Capes:

Kenai Peninsula,

Glaciers:

Indian Glacier, Killey Glacier, Skilak Glacier, Tustumena Glacier,

Lakes:

Alpine Lake, Arctic Lake, Iceberg Lake, Pothole Lake, Sheep Lake, Twin Lakes, Upper Killey Lake,

Streams:

Benjamin Creek,