Nugnugaluktuk River Explained

Nugnugaluktuk River
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Nugnugaluktuk River in Alaska
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Alaska
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough
Length:26miles[1]
Source1:Seward Peninsula
Source1 Location:Nome Census Area
Source1 Coordinates:66.1567°N -164.8078°W
Source1 Elevation:104feet[2]
Mouth:Goodhope Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea
Mouth Location:37miles northwest of Deering, Northwest Arctic Borough
Mouth Coordinates:66.19°N -164.1069°W[3]
Mouth Elevation:0feet

The Nugnugaluktuk River is a stream, 26miles long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows east from within the Nome Census Area to Goodhope Bay, about 37miles northwest of Deering in the Northwest Arctic Borough.[3] The bay is on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea.[3] The entire course of the river lies within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.[4]

The river's assigned name comes from the Inuit, as reported in 1903. In 1998, the Inupiat name was recorded as Liglignaqtuugvik.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Orth, Donald J.. United States Geological Survey. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. PDF. United States Government Printing Office. University of Alaska Fairbanks. 1971. 1967. 707. September 19, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165933/http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf. October 17, 2013.
  2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . March 31, 1981. [{{gnis3|1413669}} Nugnugaluktuk River]. September 19, 2013.
  4. Book: Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme. Yarmouth, Maine. 132. 7th. 2010. 978-0-89933-289-5.