Nome River

Nome River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It has its source in a narrow valley in the southern margin of the Kigluaik Mountains, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Salmon Lake.

Nome River in "Liberating Alaska"
When the U.S. Marines arrived to liberate Siknazuak from pro-Soviet agitators, the came ashore near the Siknazuak River, and engaged the Soviet troops in a fire fight in a small hamlet nearby.