Information About

Penny River

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 32' 10" N,
165 ° 44' 20" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Penny River in Detail.

About

flows SW to Norton Sound, 10 mi. W of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Local name reported in 1899 by Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Witherspoon designated the upper reach "Quartz Creek." Schrader (1900c, p. 16) labeled the stream "No name r."

Topo Maps

Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome (1951), Nome (1951), Nome (1957), Nome C-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Penny River

Cities:

Sitnazuak,

Mine:

Sunset Mine,

Mountains:

Aurora Mountain, Cone Mountain, Crater Mountain, Elizabeth Mountain, Monument Rock, Rodney Mountain,

Rivers:

Cripple River, Penny River,

Streams:

American Creek, Arctic Creek, Ashland Creek, Aurora Creek, Bluff Creek, Bowhead Creek, Cleveland Creek, Colorado Creek, Comeni Creek, Daisy Swift Creek, Edward Creek, Elizabeth Creek, Fox Creek, Gold Run, Honey Creek, Huckleberry Run, Hungry Creek, Mud Creek, Negsue Creek, Oregon Creek, Practolus Creek, Rabbit Creek, Rodney Creek, Sealer Creek, Sidney Creek, Slate Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Sonora Creek, Stella Creek, Sunset Creek, Washington Creek, Wheel Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Carry Gulch, Green Gulch, Gumboot Gulch, Keane Gulch, Mammoth Gulch, May Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Short Gulch, Snowshoe Gulch, Trilby Gulch,

Cities:

Sunset,