Coleen River Explained

Coleen River
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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.

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  1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . March 31, 1981. [{{gnis3|1400576}} Coleen River]. November 6, 2013.
  3. Book: Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme. Yarmouth, Maine. 137. 7th. 2010. 978-0-89933-289-5.