Wulik River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope, Northwest Arctic |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• location | 5 miles (8 km) north of Sheep Mountain, North Slope |
• coordinates | 68°22′43″N 162°51′45″W / 68.37861°N 162.86250°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,563 ft (781 m) [2] |
Mouth | Kivalina Lagoon, Chukchi Sea |
• location | East of Kivalina, Northwest Arctic |
• coordinates | 67°43′54″N 164°31′01″W / 67.73167°N 164.51694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 80 mi (130 km) [1] |
The Wulik River ( Iñupiaq: Ualliik kuuŋak) is a stream, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Originating in the De Long Mountains in the North Slope Borough, it flows southwest to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea, east of Kivalina. [1] It heads in the De Long Mountains, which is 5 miles (8 km) north of Sheep Mountain, and it is 42 miles (67 km) northwest of Noatak. [3]
Umiak Bend, along the river and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Kivalina, was named after an Inuit skin boat ( umiak) was destroyed there by rough water. [4]
In 1886, a United States Navy lieutenant reported the Inuit name of this river as "Woleek." [1]
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Wulik River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope, Northwest Arctic |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• location | 5 miles (8 km) north of Sheep Mountain, North Slope |
• coordinates | 68°22′43″N 162°51′45″W / 68.37861°N 162.86250°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,563 ft (781 m) [2] |
Mouth | Kivalina Lagoon, Chukchi Sea |
• location | East of Kivalina, Northwest Arctic |
• coordinates | 67°43′54″N 164°31′01″W / 67.73167°N 164.51694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 80 mi (130 km) [1] |
The Wulik River ( Iñupiaq: Ualliik kuuŋak) is a stream, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Originating in the De Long Mountains in the North Slope Borough, it flows southwest to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea, east of Kivalina. [1] It heads in the De Long Mountains, which is 5 miles (8 km) north of Sheep Mountain, and it is 42 miles (67 km) northwest of Noatak. [3]
Umiak Bend, along the river and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Kivalina, was named after an Inuit skin boat ( umiak) was destroyed there by rough water. [4]
In 1886, a United States Navy lieutenant reported the Inuit name of this river as "Woleek." [1]
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