Information About

Penny River

Penny River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 10 ft (3.05 m)
About

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

History of Penny River

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."