Nugnugaluktuk River

Nugnugaluktuk River
Country United States
State Alaska
Districts Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough
Source Seward Peninsula
 - location Nome Census Area
 - elevation 104 ft (32 m) [1]
 - coordinates 66°09′24″N 164°48′28″W / 66.15667°N 164.80778°W / 66.15667; -164.80778 [2]
Mouth Goodhope Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea
 - location 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Deering, Northwest Arctic Borough
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m) [2]
 - coordinates 66°11′24″N 164°06′25″W / 66.19000°N 164.10694°W / 66.19000; -164.10694Coordinates: 66°11′24″N 164°06′25″W / 66.19000°N 164.10694°W / 66.19000; -164.10694 [2]
Length 26 mi (42 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Nugnugaluktuk River in Alaska

The Nugnugaluktuk River is a stream, 26 miles (42 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] 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.[2] The bay is on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea.[2] 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.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nugnugaluktuk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  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. United States Government Printing Office. 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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