Information About

Kwiniuk River

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 41' 52.001" N,
162 ° 2' 8.002" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Elim

Tributary to

Norton Bay

Tributaries

Bear Creek,

Kwiniuk River in Detail.

About

flows NE to Norton Bay at Moses Point, 72 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Eskimo name reported as "Quinnehuk" on the 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee. Davidson and Blakeslee applied "Quinnehuk" to a stream to the southwest and applied "Oweruk" to this stream.

Topo Maps

Solomon C-1 (1950), Solomon C-1 (1950), Solomon C-1 (1950), Solomon C-1 (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951), Solomon C-1 NE (2014),

Places Near Kwiniuk River

Bays:

Kwiniuk Inlet, Norton Bay,

Rivers:

Kwiniuk River, Tubutulik River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Clear Creek, Iron Creek,

Cities:

Moses Point, Moses Point Fishing Village,