Kugruk River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | Northwest Arctic |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | near Imuruk Lake |
• location | Seward Peninsula |
• coordinates | 65°41′24″N 163°15′05″W / 65.69000°N 163.25139°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,311 ft (400 m)[2] |
Mouth | Kugruk Lagoon of Kotzebue Sound on the Chukchi Sea |
• location | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Cape Deceit |
• coordinates | 66°00′22″N 162°40′13″W / 66.00611°N 162.67028°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 60 mi (97 km)[1] |
The Kugruk River is a stream, 60 miles (97 km) long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It is the largest tributary of the Kuzitrin River.[3] It begins near Imuruk Lake on the Seward Peninsula and flows generally north to Kugruk Lagoon, at Kotzebue Sound on the Chukchi Sea.[1] The river enters the lagoon 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Cape Deceit in the Northwest Arctic Borough.[1]