Nugnugaluktuk River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
District | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Seward Peninsula |
• location | Nome Census Area |
• coordinates | 66°09′24″N 164°48′28″W / 66.15667°N 164.80778°W [1] |
• elevation | 104 ft (32 m) [2] |
Mouth | Goodhope Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea |
• location | 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Deering, Northwest Arctic Borough |
• coordinates | 66°11′24″N 164°06′25″W / 66.19000°N 164.10694°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 26 mi (42 km) [3] |
The Nugnugaluktuk River is a stream, 26 miles (42 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It flows east from within the Nome Census Area to Goodhope Bay, about 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Deering in the Northwest Arctic Borough. [1] The bay is on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea. [1] The entire course of the river lies within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. [4]
The river's assigned name comes from the Inuit, as reported in 1903. In 1998, the Inupiat name was recorded as Liglignaqtuugvik. [1]
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