Kukpowruk River

Kukpowruk River
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)[2]
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[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length	160 mi (260 km)[3]

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.[1] The river mouth is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay.[1] Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is the major landowner along the river.

The Inuit name for the river probably means "fairly large stream" or "a stream."[1] A late 19th-century variant was "Kook Pow ruk."[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. "Kukpowruk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
3. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 550. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.