Information About

Kotsina River

Kotsina River

Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Tributary to:
Length:
  • 42 mi (67.59 km)
Elevation:
  • 476 ft (145.08 m)
Tributaries:
Wildlife:
About

heads at glacier at about 614600N1434500W, flows SW 42 mi. to Copper River, 2 mi. NE of Chitina and 67 mi. NE of Valdez; Copper River Basin.

History of Kotsina River

Ahtena Indian name meaning "coal river (kho-tsi-tns)," spelled Katz-zelena and Katselena in 1898 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA. W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), used the Kotsina spelling on an 1899 fieldsheet.