Nugnugaluktuk River

Nugnugaluktuk River
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Districts	Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough
Source	Seward Peninsula
- location	Nome Census Area
- elevation	104 ft (32 m) [1]
- coordinates	66°09′24″N 164°48′28″W / 66.15667°N 164.80778°W [2]
Mouth	Goodhope Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea
- location	37 miles (60 km) northwest of Deering, Northwest Arctic Borough
- elevation	0 ft (0 m) [2]
- coordinates	66°11′24″N 164°06′25″W / 66.19000°N 164.10694°WCoordinates: 66°11′24″N 164°06′25″W / 66.19000°N 164.10694°W [2]
Length	26 mi (42 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Nugnugaluktuk River in Alaska

The Nugnugaluktuk River is a stream, 26 miles (42 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[2] It flows east from within the Nome Census Area to Goodhope Bay, about 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Deering in the Northwest Arctic Borough.^[2] The bay is on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea.^[2] 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.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
2. "Nugnugaluktuk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
3. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 707. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
4. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.