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Katmai River

Katmai River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 20 mi (32.19 km)
About

heads at glacier terminus on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, flows SW to Katmai Bay, 16 mi. S of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History of Katmai River

Eskimo name reported as "R(eka) Katmay" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) and as "Katmai River" in 1917 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic Society.