| Kuk River | |
| Name Etymology: | river |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Kuk River in Alaska |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
| Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name4: | North Slope |
| Length: | 35miles[1] |
| Source1: | Confluence of Kaolak and Avalik rivers |
| Source1 Location: | National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 70.1219°N -159.6711°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 8feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Wainwright Inlet, Arctic Ocean |
| Mouth Location: | 6miles southeast of Wainwright |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 70.6081°N -160.1111°W[3] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Kuk River (Iñupiaq: Kuuk) is a 35miles long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It heads at the confluence of the Avalik and Kaolak rivers and flows north to Wainwright Inlet, 6miles southeast of Wainwright.[3] The inlet links to the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean.[1]
Kuuk means river in the Inuit language. Nineteenth century maps variously listed streams entering the Wainwright Inlet as "Koh", "Kong", "Tutua Wing", "Ku", "Kook", "Koo", and "Kee".[3]