Information About

Swikshak River

Quick Facts

Region:

Kodiak Island

Nearest City:

Port Lions

Length:

6.5 mi (10.46 km)

About

Heads at glacier terminus, on the NE coast of the Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai Natinal Monument, flows S through Swikshak Lagoon, 6.5 mi to Shelikof Strait; Aleutian Range

History of Swikshak River

Name derived from Swikshak Bay and published on a 1952 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Afognak C-6 (1951), Afognak C-6 (1951), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952),

Places Near Swikshak River

Cities:

Kaguyak,

Archipelagos:

Shakun Islets,

Bays:

Swikshak Bay, Swikshak Lagoon,

Capes:

Cape Chiniak, Cape Nukshak,

Islands:

Nukshak Island, Shakun Rock,

Mountains:

Fourpeaked Mountain,

Rivers:

Big River, Swikshak River,