Kenai River
The Kenai River called Kahtnu in the Dena'ina language, is the longest river in the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska. It runs 82 miles westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains, through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lake to its outlet into the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean near Kenai and Soldotna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Alaska
- Also known as: “Kahnu”, “Kahtnu”, “Kaknu River”, “Kakny”, and “Nik River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church and Kenai Municipal Airport.
Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church
Church
Photo: Burntorange72, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Assumption Orthodox Church, also known as Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is a Russian Orthodox parish church in Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
Kenai Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kenai Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located in Kenai, a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 96,565 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 82,277 enplanements in 2009, and 86,857 in 2010. Kenai Municipal Airport is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kenai River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenai and Kalifornsky.
Kenai
Photo: Stefan Aßmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenai is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. By road, it is 158 miles southwest of Anchorage. The population was 7,424 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,100 in 2010, the seventh-most populated city in the state.
Kalifornsky
Hamlet
Kalifornsky is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 8,487 at the 2020 census, up from 7,850 in 2010. It is the most populated locality in the borough. Kalifornsky is situated 6 miles southeast of Kenai River.
Kenai River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Kenai River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Kenai River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կենայ (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Կենայ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kenai”
- Catalan: “Kenai”
- Cebuano: “Kenai River”
- Chinese: “基奈河”
- Chuvash: “Кенай”
- Danish: “Kenai River”
- Dutch: “Kenai River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيناى”
- French: “Kenai”
- Georgian: “კენაი (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “კენაი”
- German: “Kenai River”
- Hungarian: “Kenai-folyó”
- Hungarian: “Kenai”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kenai”
- Italian: “Fiume Kenai”
- Italian: “Kenai”
- Russian: “Кенай”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kenai”
- Ukrainian: “Кенай”
- Venetian: “Kenai”
- Welsh: “Afon Kenai”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Salamatof and Ridgeway.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kenai City Cemetery and Doyle Estates Airport.
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