Kantishna
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Location in Alaska
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Denali Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 63 ° 32 ′ N , 150 ° 57 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Height : | 530 m | ||
| FIPS : | 02-37510 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1404435 | ||
Kantishna is a small town in the Denali Borough of Alaska with no administration of its own . It is located at the foot of the Kantishna Hills in Denali National Park at the end of the National Park Road, 3 miles northwest of Wonder Lake .
Kantishna was founded in 1905 as a gold digger camp at the confluence of the gold-bearing brooks Eureka Creek and Moose Creek . Initially the settlement was known as Eureka . However, the Board on Geographic Names set the current name as the official name in 1944 based on the Kantishna Post Office opened in 1905 .