Coleen River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Coleen River in Alaska |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type4: | Districts |
Length: | 145miles |
Source1: | Brooks Range |
Source1 Location: | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope Borough |
Source1 Coordinates: | 68.7164°N -143.4767°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 4798feet[1] |
Mouth: | Porcupine River |
Mouth Location: | 9miles east of Coleen Mountain, Yukon - Koyukuk Census Area |
Mouth Coordinates: | 67.0722°N -142.4969°W[2] |
The Coleen River is a 186miles 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.