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Kenai is located at (60.558738, −151.229616), [1] on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula near the outlet of the Kenai River to the Cook Inlet of the Pacific According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 35.5 square miles (92 km 2 ), of which, 29.9 square miles (77 km 2 ) of it is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km ...
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]
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Portlock was established in the Kenai Peninsula in the early 20th century as a cannery, [1] particularly for salmon. [3] It is thought to have been named after Captain Nathaniel Portlock, [1] a British ship captain who sailed there in 1786. [4] In 1921, a United States Post Office opened in the town. [4] The population largely consisted of ...
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 (132 km) 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.
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 .
The Kenai Mountains (Dena'ina: Yaghanen Dghili) are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend 192 km (120 mi) northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains , and have an average elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.
Kenai Lake (Dena'ina: Sqilan Bena) is a large, "zig-zag" shaped lake [2] on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake forms the headwaters of the Kenai River , [ 3 ] and is itself a destination for fishing and other outdoor activity.