Coleen River

Coleen River
Coleen River in summer
Coleen River is located in Alaska
Coleen River
Location of the mouth of the Coleen River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Districts
Physical characteristics
SourceBrooks Range
 • locationArctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope Borough
 • coordinates68°42′59″N 143°28′36″W / 68.71639°N 143.47667°W / 68.71639; -143.47667[1]
 • elevation4,798 ft (1,462 m)[2]
MouthPorcupine River
 • location
9 miles (14 km) east of Coleen Mountain, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
 • coordinates
67°04′20″N 142°29′49″W / 67.07222°N 142.49694°W / 67.07222; -142.49694[1]
Length145 mi (233 km)[1]

The Coleen River (/koʊˈliːn/ koh-LEEN) is a 186-mile (299 km) tributary of the Porcupine River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the Davidson Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and flows generally south-southeast into the larger river east of Coleen Mountain.[3] Its name comes from the French coline, which means hill.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Coleen River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  2. ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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