Nugnugaluktuk River

Nugnugaluktuk River
Nugnugaluktuk River is located in Alaska
Nugnugaluktuk River
Location of the mouth of the Nugnugaluktuk River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
DistrictNome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough
Physical characteristics
SourceSeward Peninsula
 • locationNome Census Area
 • coordinates66°09′24″N 164°48′28″W / 66.15667°N 164.80778°W / 66.15667; -164.80778[1]
 • elevation104 ft (32 m)[2]
MouthGoodhope 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 / 66.19000; -164.10694[1]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length26 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nugnugaluktuk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 19, 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). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 707. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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