Penny River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Penny River in Alaska |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Nome Census Area |
Length: | 13miles[1] |
Source1: | Seward Peninsula |
Source1 Coordinates: | 64.7044°N -165.5558°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 876feet[2] |
Mouth: | Norton Sound, Bering Sea |
Mouth Location: | 10miles west of Nome |
Mouth Coordinates: | 64.5361°N -165.7389°W[3] |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Basin Size: | 36sqmi |
Penny River (also known as Schrader No Name River) is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. There are several creek tributaries including Willow, Snowshoe and Homestake, from the west; and Quartz and Negsue from the east.[4] Penny River enters Bering Sea a little east of the mouth of Cripple River, and has a drainage area of [5]