Cosna River (Alaska)

Cosna River
Country United States
State Alaska
District Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Source Bitzshtini Mountains
 - elevation 1,985 ft (605 m) [1]
 - coordinates 64°24′34″N 152°00′31″W / 64.40944°N 152.00861°W / 64.40944; -152.00861 [2]
Mouth Tanana River [3]
 - location 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Bitzshtini Mountains
 - elevation 249 ft (76 m) [2]
 - coordinates 64°51′16″N 151°21′55″W / 64.85444°N 151.36528°W / 64.85444; -151.36528Coordinates: 64°51′16″N 151°21′55″W / 64.85444°N 151.36528°W / 64.85444; -151.36528 [2]
Length 44 mi (71 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Cosna River in Alaska

The Cosna River is a 44-mile (71 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the central part of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows northward from the Bitzshtini Mountains into the Tanana west (downstream) of Manley Hot Springs.[4]

In 1899, Lieutenant J. S. Herron attributed the name to the Tanana peoples living in the area.[2] However, a century later linguist William Bright, citing the Koyukon Athabascan Dictionary, attributed the name to the Koyukon words kk' os, schist rock, combined with no', river.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cosna River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 240. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 112–13. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  5. ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.


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