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Feather River
Feather River (Alaska) is located in Alaska
Feather River (Alaska)
Location of the mouth of the Feather River in Alaska
Country United States
State Alaska
District Nome Census Area
Physical characteristics
Main source Seward Peninsula
Kigluaik Mountains
2,113 ft (644 m)
64°52′52″N 165°54′24″W / 64.88111°N 165.90667°W / 64.88111; -165.90667
River mouth Bering Sea
38 miles (61 km) northwest of Nome
0 ft (0 m)
64°50′20″N 166°23′23″W / 64.83889°N 166.38972°W / 64.83889; -166.38972
Length 17 mi (27 km)

Feather River is a stream, 17 miles (27 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing west in the Nome mining district, it debouches a little north of Cape Woolley on the Bering Sea. Its creeks include Livingston, from the east; Thistle and Wills, from the north; and Johnston, from the east.

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