Pitmegea River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• coordinates | 68°37′30″N 163°19′54″W / 68.62500°N 163.33167°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,076 ft (328 m) [2] |
Mouth | Chukchi Sea |
• location | Cape Sabine, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cape Lisburne [3] |
• coordinates | 68°54′53″N 164°37′32″W / 68.91472°N 164.62556°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 42 mi (68 km) [4] |
The Pitmegea River is a 42-mile (68 km) stream in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [4] From its source in the De Long Mountains, the river flows generally northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cape Lisburne [3] A prospector who explored the river in 1888 reported its Inuit name as Pitmegeak. [1]
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Pitmegea River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• coordinates | 68°37′30″N 163°19′54″W / 68.62500°N 163.33167°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,076 ft (328 m) [2] |
Mouth | Chukchi Sea |
• location | Cape Sabine, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cape Lisburne [3] |
• coordinates | 68°54′53″N 164°37′32″W / 68.91472°N 164.62556°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 42 mi (68 km) [4] |
The Pitmegea River is a 42-mile (68 km) stream in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [4] From its source in the De Long Mountains, the river flows generally northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cape Lisburne [3] A prospector who explored the river in 1888 reported its Inuit name as Pitmegeak. [1]
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