Knik River

The Knik River is a 25-mile-long river in the U.S. state of . Its source is at , from which it flows northwest and west and empties into the head of Cook Inlet's Knik Arm, near the mouth of the .
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in Alaska, United States
  • Also known as
    “Kinik River”
    “Kneek River”
    “Kneep River”
    “Knick River”
    “Knuyk River”
    “Knyk River”
    “Kook River”
    “Kweek River”
    “Reka Knyk”
    “Scitna‘”
    “Skeetno”
    “Skitnu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eklutna Chapel and Eklutna Power Plant.
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Old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, also known… is situated 1½ miles southeast of Knik River.
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The , also referred to as Old… is situated 2½ miles east of Knik River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eklutna.
is a native village within . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Knik River.

Knik River

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Latitude
61.47083° or 61° 28′ 15″ north
Longitude
-149.40639° or 149° 24′ 23″ west
Open location code
93HGFHCV+8C
Geo­Names ID
5866529
Wiki­data ID
Q1777169

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Knik River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Knik”
  • Catalan: “Knik”
  • Cebuano: “Knik River”
  • Dutch: “Knik River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كنيك”
  • French: “Knik”
  • German: “Knik River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Knik”
  • Italian: “Knik”
  • Japanese: “ニック川”
  • Persian: “رود کنیک”
  • Persian: “کنیک ریور”
  • Russian: “Кник”
  • Tajik: “Кник ревир”
  • Tajik: “Кник”
  • Ukrainian: “Кнік”
  • Venetian: “Knik”
  • Welsh: “Afon Knik”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Eklutna Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and Chuqilin Kaq‘.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eklutna River and Orthodox Church Cemetery.

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