Schuylkill River

The Schuylkill River is a river in eastern in the United States. It flows for 135 miles from southeast to , the sixth-largest city in the US, where it joins the as one of its largest tributaries.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
  • Description: river in eastern Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as
    “Dere Rauschende Strohm”
    “Ganschowehan”
    “Ganshewen”
    “Ganshow-hanne”
    “La Riviere de Mendejackse”
    “Landskillen”
    “Lenn Bikbi”
    “Lenni Bikunk”
    “Linde River”
    “Manaijunk”
    “Manaiung”
    “Manajaske”
    “Manayunk”
    “Matinacong”
    “Menejackse Kyl”
    “Meneyackse Kyl”
    “Nitabacong”
    “Perquemuck”
    “Perquemuk”
    “Schoolkill Creek”
    “Schoolkill River”
    “Schulkihl”
    “Schuylkill”
    “Scolkis”
    “Scool Kill River”
    “Skiar Kyl”
    “Skiarkillen”
    “Skoolkill Creek”
    “Skoolkill River”
    “Skulkill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Girard Point Bridge.
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The was a United States Navy shipyard in , Pennsylvania.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Bank and National Park.
National Park is a borough in , in the U.S. state of .
is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Schuylkill River.
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is a neighborhood in the… is situated 2 miles northeast of Schuylkill River.

Schuylkill River

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Latitude
39.88525° or 39° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
-75.19465° or 75° 11′ 41″ west
Open location code
87F6VRP4+34
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Schuylkill River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر شيلكيل”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Schuylkill”
  • Catalan: “Riu Schuylkill”
  • Catalan: “Schuylkill”
  • Cebuano: “Schuylkill River”
  • Chinese: “思故河”
  • Chinese: “斯库尔基尔河”
  • Chinese: “斯库河”
  • Chinese: “斯庫基爾河”
  • Czech: “Schuylkill River”
  • Dutch: “Schuylkill River”
  • Dutch: “Schuylkill”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ستشويلكيل”
  • Finnish: “Schuylkill”
  • French: “Schuylkill River”
  • French: “Schuylkill”
  • Georgian: “სკულკილი”
  • German: “Schuylkill River”
  • Greek: “Σκούλκιλ”
  • Hebrew: “נהר שוילקיל”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Schuylkill”
  • Italian: “Schuylkill”
  • Japanese: “スクーカル川”
  • Japanese: “スクールカル川”
  • Japanese: “スクールキル川”
  • Korean: “스쿨킬 강”
  • Korean: “스쿨킬강”
  • Mingrelian: “სკულკილი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schuylkill”
  • Norwegian: “Schuylkill”
  • Persian: “رود اسکوکل”
  • Persian: “رودخانه سکوکل”
  • Persian: “رودخانهٔ سکوکل”
  • Polish: “Schuylkill”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Schuylkill”
  • Russian: “Скулкилл (река)”
  • Russian: “Скулкилл”
  • Serbian: “Скулкил”
  • Slovenian: “reka Schuylkill”
  • Slovenian: “Schuylkill River”
  • Slovenian: “Schuylkill”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سکوکل چایی”
  • Spanish: “Rio Schuylkill”
  • Spanish: “Río Schuylkill”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkill River”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkill”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkillfloden”
  • Turkish: “Schuylkill Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Скулкілл (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Скулкілл”
  • Venetian: “Schuylkill”
  • Welsh: “Afon Schuylkill”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Girard Point and Mud Island.

Philadelphia: Highlights

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