Information About

Penny River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Penny River on The Map

Location

64 ° 32' 10" N,
165 ° 44' 20" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Penny River in Detail.

About

flows SW to Norton Sound, 10 mi. W of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Local name reported in 1899 by Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Witherspoon designated the upper reach "Quartz Creek." Schrader (1900c, p. 16) labeled the stream "No name r."