Pitmegea River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Pitmegea River in Alaska |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
Subdivision Name4: | North Slope |
Length: | 42miles[1] |
Source1: | De Long Mountains |
Source1 Coordinates: | 68.625°N -163.3317°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1076feet[2] |
Mouth: | Chukchi Sea |
Mouth Location: | Cape Sabine, about 30miles east of Cape Lisburne[3] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 68.9147°N -164.6256°W[4] |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Pitmegea River is a 42miles stream in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] From its source in the De Long Mountains, the river flows generally northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 30miles east of Cape Lisburne[3] A prospector who explored the river in 1888 reported its Inuit name as Pitmegeak.[4]