| Noxapaga River | |
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  Location of the mouth of the Noxapaga River in Alaska | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| District | Northwest Arctic Borough, Nome Census Area |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Imuruk Lake and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northwest of Andromeda Cone |
| • location | Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Northwest Arctic Borough, Seward Peninsula |
| • coordinates | 65°35′13″N 163°30′50″W / 65.58694°N 163.51389°W[1] |
| • elevation | 946 ft (288 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Kuzitrin River |
• location | 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Mount Bendeleben, Nome Census Area |
• coordinates | 65°22′39″N 164°15′32″W / 65.37750°N 164.25889°W[1] |
• elevation | 102 ft (31 m)[1] |
| Length | 56 mi (90 km)[1] |
Noxapaga River (alternates: Kugrukruk and Kugirukuk) is a 56-mile (90 km) tributary of the Kuzitrin River on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Heading in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve,[3] it flows northwest for 4 miles (6 km), then west for 22 miles (35 km), then south for 30 miles (48 km) to its mouth on the larger river.[1] Tributaries include the creeks of Aurora, Berry, Black, Bluff, Boulder, Buzzard, Frost, Garfield, Goodall, Goose, Grouse, Last Chance, Little Garfield, Mascot, Money, Peuk, Stony, Turner, and Winona.[4]
- ^ a b c d e f "Noxapaga River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
- ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
- ^ Geological Survey 1906, pp. 109, 130, 135, 139, 145, 154, 168, 281, 289, 397, 408, 428, 442, 493, 600, 677.