Kukpuk River | |
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Native name | Kuukpak ( Inupiaq) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• coordinates | 68°19′27″N 163°24′54″W / 68.32417°N 163.41500°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,092 ft (638 m) [2] |
Mouth | East end of Marryat Inlet |
• location | 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean |
• coordinates | 68°24′57″N 166°22′37″W / 68.41583°N 166.37694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 125 mi (201 km) [3] |
The Kukpuk River ( Iñupiaq: Kuukpak) 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. [1]
The Inuit name "Kuukpak" means "big river". A late 19th-century variant was "Kookpuk". [1]
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Kukpuk River | |
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Native name | Kuukpak ( Inupiaq) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• coordinates | 68°19′27″N 163°24′54″W / 68.32417°N 163.41500°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,092 ft (638 m) [2] |
Mouth | East end of Marryat Inlet |
• location | 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean |
• coordinates | 68°24′57″N 166°22′37″W / 68.41583°N 166.37694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 125 mi (201 km) [3] |
The Kukpuk River ( Iñupiaq: Kuukpak) 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. [1]
The Inuit name "Kuukpak" means "big river". A late 19th-century variant was "Kookpuk". [1]
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