Information About

Kashunuk River

Quick Facts

Region:

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City:

Chevak

Length:

225 mi (362.1 km)

Tributaries:

Nungatak River,

About

distributary of Yukon River, heads at junction of Driftwood and Kashunuk Sloughs, 615230N1625545W, flows SW to Angyoyaravak Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Kashunuk River

Eskimo name from Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who wrote it "Kizhunak." E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service, crossed this stream in Dec. 1878 and gave it its present spelling.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay B-2 (1953), Hooper Bay B-2 (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),

Places Near Kashunuk River

Cities:

Kashunuk Village,

Bays:

Angyoyaravak Bay,

Capes:

Punoarat Point,

Rivers:

Kashunuk River, Keoklevik River, Ninglikfak River, Opagyarak River, Tutakoke River,