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

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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).

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage A-2 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-2 SE (2016),

Places Near Miners River

Bays:

Buyers Cove, Campbell Bay, Cedar Bay, Eickelberg Bay, Fairmount Bay, Granite Bay, Irish Cove, Jonah Bay, Miners Bay, Mueller Cove, Olsen Cove, Schoppe Bay, Siwash Bay, Unakwik Inlet, Wells Bay,

Capes:

Fairmount Point, Granite Point, Iceberg Point, Unakwik Point,

Glaciers:

Baby Glacier, Brilliant Glacier, Dartmouth Glacier, Downer Glacier, Meares Glacier, Muth Glacier, Pedro Glacier, Ranney Glacier,

Islands:

Block Island, Fairmount Island, Little Fairmount Island, Olsen Island, Siwash Island,

Lakes:

Billys Hole, Miners Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Castner, Mount Grosvenor,

Peaks:

Yellow Cedar Peak, Zwaccpunik Peak,

Rivers:

Miners River,

Streams:

Ranney Creek,