The Kukpuk River (Iñupiaq: Kuukpak) is a stream, about 125 miles (201 km) long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows generally west from the De Long Mountains across the Lisburne Peninsula to Marryat Inlet on the Chukchi Sea.[4] The river mouth is about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope.[1]

Kukpuk River
Location of the mouth of the Kukpuk River in Alaska
Native name	Kuukpak  (Inupiaq)
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	North Slope
Physical characteristics
Source	De Long Mountains
• coordinates	68°19′27″N 163°24′54″W[1]
• elevation	2,092 ft (638 m)[2]
Mouth	East end of Marryat Inlet
• location	12 miles (19 km) northeast of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean
• coordinates	68°24′57″N 166°22′37″W[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length	125 mi (201 km)[3]

The Inuit name "Kuukpak" means "big river". A late 19th-century variant was "Kookpuk".[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

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