| Kongakut River | |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Kongakut River in Alaska |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
| Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name4: | North Slope |
| Source1 Location: | Davidson Mountains |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 68.8131°N -143.3797°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 5521feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Siku Lagoon |
| Mouth Location: | Beaufort Sea |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 69.7764°N -141.7044°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Kongakut River flows through parts of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It begins in the Davidson Mountains of the Brooks Range in the northeastern corner of the state, near the border with Yukon Territory in Canada.[3] The Kongakut flows generally northeast and north through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Beaufort Sea northwest of Demarcation Point.[3] It was formerly sometimes called the Turner River but that name is now applied to a smaller stream in the vicinity due to confusion as to which was originally meant. The name Kongakut comes from the Inupiaq name for the river, meanining roughly "deer pond".[4]