Information About

Ukak River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Ukak River on The Map

Location

58 ° 31' 48" N,
155 ° 20' 28" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Tributary to

Savonoski River

Tributaries

River Lethe,

Length

12 mi (19.31 km)

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Ukak River in Detail.

About

heads in lake, flows N to Iliuk Arm Naknek Lake, on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 23 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History

Native name published in 1917 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic Society. Griggs camped near the site of a village named "Ukak" and called his camp and the river by that name.