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Kuk River

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- elevation
  
8 ft (2 m)

Mouth
  
Wainwright Inlet

- elevation
  
0 ft (0 m)

Country
  
United States of America

Kuk River

- location
  
National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska

- location
  
6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wainwright

Borough
  
North Slope Borough, Alaska

The Kuk River is a 35-mile (56 km) long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads at the confluence of the Avalik and Kaolak rivers and flows north to Wainwright Inlet, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wainwright. The inlet links to the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Map of Kuk River, Alaska, USA

Kuk means river in Inuit. Nineteenth century maps variously listed streams entering the Wainwright Inlet as "Koh", "Kong", "Tutua Wing", "Ku", "Kook", "Koo", and "Kee".

References

Kuk River Wikipedia