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 [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°WCoordinates: 64°51′16″N 151°21′55″W / 64.85444°N 151.36528°W [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]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
2. "Cosna River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
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.