Information About

Kaliguricheark River

Quick Facts

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Location

67 ° 11' 29" N,
159 ° 16' 17" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Selawik

Elevation

52 ft (15.85 m)

Kaliguricheark River in Detail.

About

flows S to Kobuk River 5.5 mi. NE of its junction with Salmon River, 35 mi. NE of Kiana, Brooks Range

History

Eskimo name, probably referring to "some kind of a fish, "spelled "Kal-e-gu-ri-che-ark" by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1885 and applied the name to the present-day "Kallarichuk River." The name was reapplied to the above described stream on a 1901 fieldsheet by D. L. Raeburn, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and given its present spelling.

Topo Maps

Baird Mountains (1951), Baird Mountains (1951), Baird Mountains (1951), Baird Mountains A-1 (1955), Baird Mountains A-1 (1955), Baird Mountains A-1 (1955), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1956), Baird Mountains (1965), Baird Mountains A-1 NW (2015),

Places Near Kaliguricheark River

Parks:

Kobuk Valley National Park,

Rivers:

Kaliguricheark River, Salmon River, Tutuksuk River,

Streams:

Nigeruk Creek,