Information About

Miners River

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 4' 5.999" N,
147 ° 28' 48" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Glacier View

Miners River in Detail.

About

Heads in Pedro Glacir, flows SW 6.7 mi, through Miners Lake, to Miners Bay, 40 mi W of Valdez; Chugach Mountains.

History

Local name reported in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser (1899c,p.138), U.S. Navy (USN), while collecting hydrographic data for U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF).