Information About

Antlen River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Antlen River on The Map

Location

59 ° 27' 1.001" N,
139 ° 12' 7.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Tributary to

Ahrnklin River

Length

6 mi (9.66 km)

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Antlen River in Detail.

About

flows S 6 mi. to Ahrnklin River, 7 mi. W of Harlequin Lake and 20 mi. SE of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

A Tlingit Indian name reported as "R(eka) Aantlen," or "Antlen River," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who applied the name to the entire length of what is now the Ahrnklin River. "Ahrn-Klin" by Lieutenant Commander Moser (1902, pl. 43), U.S. Navy (USN).