McCarthy

McCarthy is a census-designated place in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The population was 107 at the 2020 census, up from 28 in 2010.
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  • Type: Locality with 28 residents
  • Description: Small community in southeast Alaska
  • Also known as: “McCarthy, AK”, “McCarthy, Alaska”, and “Shushanna Junction”

Places of Interest

Highlights include McCarthy Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a state owned, public use located one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of McCarthy, in the Copper River Census Area of the U.S. state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kennecott Mines.

Hamlet
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Kennecott, also known as Kennicott and , is an abandoned mining camp in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of that was the center of activity for several copper mines.

McCarthy

Latitude
61.4612° or 61° 27′ 40″ north
Longitude
-142.8857° or 142° 53′ 9″ west
Population
28
Elevation
1,398 feet (426 metres)
IATA airport code
MXY
Open location code
93HVF467+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32984706
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5868505
Wiki­data ID
Q590790
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Mari—“McCarthy” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “McCarthy”
  • Chechen: “Маккарти”
  • Chinese: “McCarthy”
  • Chinese: “麥卡錫”
  • Chinese: “麦卡锡”
  • Dutch: “McCarthy”
  • French: “McCarthy”
  • German: “McCarthy”
  • Gilaki: “مک‌کارتی”
  • Hungarian: “McCarthy”
  • Irish: “McCarthy”
  • Italian: “McCarthy”
  • Japanese: “マッカーシー”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “McCarthy”
  • Newari: “मिककार्थी (अलास्का)”
  • Newari: “मिककार्थी, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “मिककार्थी”
  • Persian: “مک‌کارتی، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “مک‌کارتی”
  • Portuguese: “McCarthy”
  • Russian: “Мак-Карти”
  • Russian: “Маккарти”
  • Serbian: “Макарти”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McCarthy, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McCarthy”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مک‌کارتی، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مک‌کارتی”
  • Spanish: “McCarthy, Alaska”
  • Spanish: “McCarthy”
  • Tatar: “Маккарти”
  • Ukrainian: “Маккарті”
  • Urdu: “میکارتھی، الاسکا”
  • Volapük: “McCarthy”
  • Western Mari: “МакКарти”

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