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Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,342, up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Soldotna is located in the Southcentral portion of Alaska on the central-western portion of the Kenai Peninsula.
The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.The name Kenai (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ /, KEE-ny) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina ("People along the Kahtnu (Kenai River)"), who historically inhabited the area. [1]
Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census , the population was 58,799, up from 55,400 in 2010. [ 3 ] The borough seat is Soldotna , [ 4 ] the largest city is Kenai , and the most populated community is the census-designated place of Kalifornsky .
Kenai Peninsula Borough: 122: Soldotna: Second: 1964-The Kenai Peninsula, whose name may be derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for Cook Inlet. 3.82 61,223: 16,017 sq mi (41,484 km 2) Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 130: Ketchikan: Second: 1963-The borough seat of Ketchikan and the borough's gateway location on the Alaska-Canada border. 2.83 ...
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The park covers an area of 669,984 acres (1,046.9 sq mi; 2,711.3 km 2) [1] on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, west of the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States, and is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.
The Kenai Spur Highway is a 39-mile-long (63 km) highway on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The road begins at a junction with the Sterling Highway in Soldotna and provides access to the towns of Kenai and Nikiski, dead-ending at the entrance to the Captain Cook State Recreation Area.
Alaska Department of Natural Resources Captain Cook State Recreation Area is a park on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska . [ 3 ] It is located on the shores of Cook Inlet at the northern terminus of the Kenai Spur Highway , about 25 miles (40 km) north of Kenai and 14 miles (23 km) north of Nikiski .