Kuk River | |
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Etymology | river |
Native name | Kuuk ( Inupiaq) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Kaolak and Avalik rivers |
• location | National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska |
• coordinates | 70°07′19″N 159°40′16″W / 70.12194°N 159.67111°W [2] |
• elevation | 8 ft (2.4 m) [2] |
Mouth | Wainwright Inlet, Arctic Ocean |
• location | 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wainwright |
• coordinates | 70°36′29″N 160°06′40″W / 70.60806°N 160.11111°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 35 mi (56 km) [3] |
The Kuk River[ pronunciation?] ( Iñupiaq: Kuuk) is a 35-mile (56 km) long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] It heads at the confluence of the Avalik and Kaolak rivers and flows north to Wainwright Inlet, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wainwright. [1] The inlet links to the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean. [3]
Kuuk means river in the Inuit language. Nineteenth century maps variously listed streams entering the Wainwright Inlet as "Koh", "Kong", "Tutua Wing", "Ku", "Kook", "Koo", and "Kee". [1]
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