Russian River
The Russian River is a 13-mile-long river on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northward from Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains through Lower Russian Lake, draining into the Kenai River near the town of Cooper Landing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterfall
- Description: river in Alaska
- Also known as: “Chunuk’tnu” and “Russian River Falls”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cooper Landing.
Cooper Landing
Photo: calliopejen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cooper Landing in Alaska is a small town located on the Kenai Peninsula, 100 mi south of Anchorage. The town sits between on the shores of Kenai Lake and the banks of the Kenai River.
Russian River
- Categories: stream and body of water
- Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
60.45413° or 60° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
-149.98646° or 149° 59′ 11″ westElevation
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
93GGF237+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2705426681OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Russian River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Russian”
- Cebuano: “Russian River”
- Chuvash: “Рашен-Ривер”
- Egyptian Arabic: “النهر الروسى”
- German: “Russian River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Russian”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Russian River i Alaska”
- Russian: “Рашен-Ривер (Аляска)”
- Russian: “Рашен-Ривер (приток Кеная)”
- Russian: “Рашен-Ривер”
- Venetian: “Russian”
- Welsh: “Afon Russian”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cooper Landing Historic District and Snug Harbor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Russian River Rendezvous and Russian Mountain.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Russian River”. Photo: Zhans33, Public domain.