Information About

Kogoluktuk River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kogoluktuk River on The Map

Location

66 ° 54' 46.001" N,
156 ° 47' 51" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Kobuk

Tributaries

Glacier Creek,

Elevation

151 ft (46.02 m)

Kogoluktuk River in Detail.

About

heads at 672600N, 1560900W, flows SW to Kobuk River, 4 mi. E of Kobuk, Brooks Range

History

Eskimo name written "Ko-go-luk-tuk" in 1885 by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN). This is probably the same stream spelled "El-yog-o-lok-tok" by Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), in 1885.