Information About

McNeil River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map McNeil River on The Map

Location

59 ° 7' 30" N,
154 ° 14' 48.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Length

22 mi (35.41 km)

McNeil River in Detail.

About

heads at a glacier at 5856N, 15440W, flows NE to Mcneil Cove, 34 mi. SW of Augustine I., Aleutian Range

History

Named for Charlie Mcneil, a rancher in the area, and reported by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923. The name was published by K. F. Mather (in Brooks and others, 1925, pl. 3).