Egegik River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Lake and Peninsula |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Becharof Lake |
• location | Becharof National Wildlife Refuge |
• coordinates | 58°02′25″N 156°50′26″W / 58.04028°N 156.84056°W[1] |
• elevation | 14 ft (4.3 m)[2] |
Mouth | Egegik Bay |
• location | 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Naknek, Alaska Peninsula |
• coordinates | 58°12′19″N 157°25′07″W / 58.20528°N 157.41861°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 28 mi (45 km)[1] |
The Egegik River (pronounced locally, I-ga-gik; Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Igyagiiq; translation, "swift")[3] is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. A biological survey was conducted at the base of the Alaska Peninsula in 1902 by Wilfred Hudson Osgood, which included the Egegik River.[4]