Information About

Gerstle River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gerstle River on The Map

Location

64 ° 3' 24.998" N,
145 ° 8' 7.001" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Tributary to

Tanana River

Length

40 mi (64.37 km)

Elevation

1083 ft (330.1 m)

Gerstle River in Detail.

About

heads at Gerstle Glacier and flows N to Tanana River, 25 mi. SE of Big Delta, Alaska Range. 40 miles long.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant H. T. Allen (1887, p. 13), USA, for "Lewis Gerstle, president of the Alaska Commercial Company."