Kuskokwim Bay
Encyclopedia
Kuskokwim Bay is a bay in southwestern Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

, at about 59°30′N 162°30′W. It is about 160 km (99.4 mi) long, and 160 km (99.4 mi) wide.

The Kuskokwim River
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the United States by average discharge volume at its mouth and seventeenth largest by basin drainage area.The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the...

 empties into Kuskokwim Bay. The bay got its name from the river. The largest community on the bay is the city of Quinhagak
Quinhagak, Alaska
Quinhagak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 555....

.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK