Snake River (Nome, Alaska)

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| name = Snake River

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| image = Nome Alaska aerial 2006.jpg

| image_caption = Mouth of the Snake River at Nome

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Snake River in Alaska

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| subdivision_name2 = Alaska

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| subdivision_name4 = Nome Census Area

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| source1 = Seward Peninsula

| source1_location = Confluence of Goldbottom Creek and North Fork Snake River

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|64|42|05|N|165|24|25|W|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|193|ft|abbr=on}}Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.

| mouth = Norton Sound, Bering Sea

| mouth_location = Nome

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|64|29|55|N|165|24|47|W|display=inline,title}}{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = March 31, 1981| url = {{gnis3|1409806}} | title = Snake River| accessdate = September 22, 2013}}

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Snake River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing southerly, it discharges into Norton Sound, Bering Sea, at Nome, with its mouth lying between the city's downtown area and its main airport. The river is {{convert|20|mi}} long.

Gallery

File:Boats and tents at the mouth of the Snake River, Nome, Alaska, ca 1900 (HEGG 571).jpeg|Boats and tents at the mouth of the Snake River in Nome, ca. 1900

File:Snake River Bridge and destruction caused by a storm, Nome, Alaska, October 1902 (HEGG 15).jpeg|Snake River Bridge and post-storm destruction in Nome (October 1902) by Eric A. Hegg

File:Small boat navigating the Snake River, Nome, Alaska, September 29, 1900 (HEGG 242).jpeg|A small boat navigates the Snake River in Nome September 29, 1909

See also

References

  • {{IMDb title|qid=Q7048516|id=tt0438609|title=Winter Sport on Snake River, Nome (1903)}}

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