Serpentine River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska . It debouches at Shishmaref Inlet from the southeast. It was explored and named in 1900 by the prospector Charles McLennan.
6-579: Serpentine River may refer to: Serpentine River (Alaska) , waterway on the Seward Peninsula Serpentine River (New Zealand) Serpentine River (Tasmania) , Australia Serpentine River (Western Australia) Serpentine River (British Columbia) , Canada Serpentine River (New Brunswick) , Canada Serpentine River (Newfoundland) , Canada Serpentine River (Québec) , Canada The River Westbourne , London, England (formerly known as
12-521: A very sinuous course, from which character it receives its name. The bed rock of the Serpentine River Basin above the coastal gravel belt consists of dark graphitic and feldspathic mica-schists, which form Midnight Mountain, and of crystalline limestones and mica-schists of the Kugruk group. The relations of the dark schists to the limestones were not determined, though they are regarded as belonging to
18-514: Is the name applied to the headwaters of the South Fork of Serpentine River. The river was first explored and named by Charles McLennan, who, with dog team and Eskimo assistants, made a trip into the region from Shishmaref Inlet in May, 1900. McLennan was probably the first European to reach the hot springs on Spring Creek, a tributary of this river. He staked a number of claims along this creek, and prepared
24-442: The Kugruk series. In the vicinity of the hot springs these dark schists have been intruded by extensive granite masses, forming a large area of granite. This granite outcrops in needles and pinnacles, produced by weathering along a double set of joints. The Schlitz and Reindeer creeks flow northwestward into Serpentine River. Bryan Creek rises to the east of Kougarok Mountain and flows northeastward into Serpentine River. Quartz Creek
30-556: The Serpentine River) The Serpentine , London, England (lake formerly known as the Serpentine River) See also [ edit ] Serpentine (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
36-476: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serpentine_River&oldid=886321876 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Serpentine River (Alaska) Heading near Midnight Mountain , about 35 miles (56 km) from Shishmaref Inlet, it flows into that inlet by
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