Kukpuk River
Kukpuk River | |
Country | United States |
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State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Source | De Long Mountains |
- elevation | 2,092 ft (638 m) [1] |
- coordinates | 68°19′27″N 163°24′54″W / 68.32417°N 163.41500°W [2] |
Mouth | East end of Marryat Inlet |
- location | 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean |
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [2] |
- coordinates | 68°24′57″N 166°22′37″W / 68.41583°N 166.37694°WCoordinates: 68°24′57″N 166°22′37″W / 68.41583°N 166.37694°W [2] |
Length | 125 mi (201 km) [3] |
Location of the mouth of the Kukpuk River in Alaska
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The Kukpuk River is a stream, about 125 miles (201 km) long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows generally west from the De Long Mountains across the Lisburne Peninsula to Marryat Inlet on the Chukchi Sea.[4] The river mouth is about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope.[2]
The Inuit name "Kukpak" means "big river". A late 19th-century variant was "Kookpuk".[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kukpuk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 550. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
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