Big Sandy River
The Big Sandy River, called Sandy Creek as early as 1756, is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 29 miles long, in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kentucky and West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Big Sandy Creek”, “Big Sandy River (Kentucky-West Virginia)”, “Chatarrawa”, “Chattararawha”, “Chattarawha”, “Chattaroi”, “Chatterio”, “Great Tattaroy River”, “río Gran Sandy”, “Sandy Creek”, “Si-ke-a”, “Si-ke-a-ce-pe”, “Tateroy”, “Tatterio”, “To-ter-a”, “To-ter-as”, “To-ter-oy”, “Totteroi”, “Totteroy Creek”, “We-pe-pe-co-ne”, “We-pe-po-co-ne-ce-pe-we”, “Биг-Сэнди (приток Огайо)”, “Биг-Сэнди (река)”, and “Биг-Сэнди-Ривер”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mitch Stadium.
Mitch Stadium
Pitch
Mitch Stadium is a baseball field located on the… Mitch Stadium is situated 2 miles southeast of Big Sandy River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Point and Catlettsburg.
South Point
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Kenova
Town
Photo: Youngamerican, Public domain.Big Sandy River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Boyd, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.41619° or 38° 24′ 58″ north
Longitude
-82.59571° or 82° 35′ 45″ west
Elevation
525 feet (160 metres)
Open location code
86CVCC83+FP
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Big Sandy River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Big Sandy”
- Catalan: “Big Sandy”
- Cebuano: “Big Sandy River”
- Chinese: “大桑迪河”
- Dutch: “Big Sandy River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيج ساندى”
- French: “Big Sandy”
- German: “Big Sandy River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Big Sandy”
- Japanese: “ビッグ・サンディ川”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Sendis”
- Mingrelian: “ბიგ-სენდი (ოჰაიოშ ნადუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ბიგ-სენდი”
- Russian: “Биг-Сэнди”
- Spanish: “río Big Sandy”
- Spanish: “Río Big Sandy”
- Venetian: “Big Sandy”
- Welsh: “Afon Big Sandy”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Big Sandy Junction and North Kenova.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Virginia Point and South Point High School.
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Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.
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