Kenai Peninsula

This article is about the geographic peninsula. For the borough, see Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
The Kenai Peninsula in Alaska
Kenai Peninsula Outer Coast
Kenai River
Kenai Peninsula Bear Glacier Lake and Pacific Ocean
The Kenai River and Mountains, August 2003

The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (/ˈkiːnaɪ/, KEE-ny) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina ("People along the Kahtnu (Kenai River)"), who historically inhabited the area.[1] They called the Kenai Peninsula Yaghanen ("the good land").[2]

  1. ^ "Kenai Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Kenaitze Indian Tribe