The Cosna River[pronunciation?] (Lower Tanana: K'osno) 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]
Cosna River | |
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![]() ![]() Location of the mouth of the Cosna River in Alaska | |
Native name | K'osno' (Lower Tanana) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
District | Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bitzshtini Mountains |
• coordinates | 64°24′34″N 152°00′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,985 ft (605 m)[2] |
Mouth | Tanana River |
• location | 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Bitzshtini Mountains |
• coordinates | 64°51′16″N 151°21′55″W[1] |
• elevation | 249 ft (76 m)[1] |
Length | 44 mi (71 km)[3] |
In 1899, Lieutenant J. S. Herron attributed the name to the Tanana peoples living in the area.[1] 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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