Information About

Kashunuk River

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 16' 23.999" N,
165 ° 37' 45.001" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Chevak

Tributaries

Nungatak River,

Length

225 mi (362.1 km)

Kashunuk River in Detail.

About

distributary of Yukon River, heads at junction of Driftwood and Kashunuk Sloughs, 615230N1625545W, flows SW to Angyoyaravak Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Eskimo name from Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who wrote it "Kizhunak." E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service, crossed this stream in Dec. 1878 and gave it its present spelling.

Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay B-2 (1953), Hooper Bay B-2 (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),

Places Near Kashunuk River

Cities:

Kashunuk Village,

Bays:

Angyoyaravak Bay,

Capes:

Punoarat Point,

Rivers:

Kashunuk River, Keoklevik River, Ninglikfak River, Opagyarak River, Tutakoke River,