Information About

Cinder River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cinder River on The Map

Location

57 ° 22' 14.002" N,
158 ° 5' 51" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Chignik

Length

44 mi (70.81 km)

Cinder River in Detail.

About

heads at 565900N1574200W and flows NW to Bristol Bay, 136 mi. NE of Port Moller and 175 mi. SE of Cape Newenham, Bristol Bay Low. 44 miles long.

History

So named by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923 "because its valley had been filled with cider-like ejecta from Aniakchak Volcano." It was called Cinder Creek by W. R. Smith and A. A. Baker (in Brooks and others, 1924, pl. 8) , U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Bristol Bay (1951), Bristol Bay B-1 (1963), Bristol Bay B-1 (1963), Bristol Bay (1963), Bristol Bay (1963), Bristol Bay (1963), Bristol Bay (1967),
Places Near Cinder River
Capes:

Cape Menshikof,

Rivers:

Cinder River,

Streams:

Mud Creek,