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- elevation
  
2,563 ft (781 m)

Source
  
De Long Mountains

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
0 ft (0 m)

Mouth
  
Chukchi Sea

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- location
  
5 miles (8 km) north of Sheep Mountain, North Slope

- location
  
East of Kivalina, Northwest Arctic

Boroughs
  
North Slope Borough, Alaska, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

The Wulik River is a stream, about 80 miles (130 km) long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the De Long Mountains in the North Slope Borough, it flows southwest to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea, east of Kivalina

Map of Wulik River, Kivalina, AK, USA

Umiak Bend, along the river and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Kivalina, was named after an Inuit skin boat (umiak) was destroyed there by rough water.

In 1886, a United States Navy lieutenant reported the Inuit name of this river as "Woleek."

References

Wulik River Wikipedia


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