The Kukpowruk River is a stream, 160 miles (260 km) long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It arises in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range and flows north into Kasegaluk Lagoon of the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean.[2] The river mouth is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay.[2] Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is the major landowner along the river.
Kukpowruk River | |
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Location of the mouth of the Kukpowruk River in Alaska | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | De Long Mountains |
• coordinates | 68°26′20″N 162°29′49″W |
• elevation | 2,872 ft (875 m)[1] |
Mouth | Kasegaluk Lagoon, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean |
• location | 9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay |
• coordinates | 69°36′57″N 163°01′06″W[2] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 160 mi (260 km)[3] |
The Inuit name for the river probably means "fairly large stream" or "a stream."[2] A late 19th-century variant was "Kook Pow ruk."[2]
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