Igushik River Explained

Igushik River
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Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Igushik River in Alaska
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Alaska
Subdivision Type4:Census Area
Subdivision Name4:Dillingham
Length:50miles
Source1:Amanka Lake
Source1 Location:Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Source1 Coordinates:59.0478°N -159.2697°W
Source1 Elevation:133feet[1]
Mouth:Nushagak Bay
Mouth Location:26miles southwest of Dillingham
Mouth Coordinates:58.6919°N -158.82°W[2]
Mouth Elevation:0feet

The Igushik River (Yup'ik: Iiyuussiiq) is a stream, 50miles long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] The river flows south from Amanka Lake into the Nushagak Bay arm of Bristol Bay.[3] Except for a small segment in the village of Manokotak, the entire river is part of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . March 31, 1981. [{{gnis3|1403726}} Igushik River]. November 19, 2013.
  3. Book: Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme. Yarmouth, Maine. 48, 56. 7th. 2010. 978-0-89933-289-5.
  4. Web site: Community Information Summaries. Alaska Community Database. State of Alaska. 2013. November 19, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150252/http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Manokotak. March 13, 2012.