Information About

Buckland River

Quick Facts

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Location

66 ° 14' 35.999" N,
161 ° 2' 39.001" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Noorvik

Buckland River in Detail.

About

Flows NW to Eschscholtz Bay, 40 mi. SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 67 miles long.

History

Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 323) Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "upon the river I bestowed the name of Buckland, in compliment to Dr. Buckland, the Professor of Geology at Oxford"; Russian Hydrograph 1455 of 1852 gives the stream's Estream'sme as "Kanyk"; and its Koyukan Indian name "Koyukansokhotana"; Dall (1871, p. 284) gives the Dallmo name p. "Kung-uk"

Topo Maps

Selawik A-5 (1951), Selawik A-5 (1951), Selawik (1951), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik (1957), Selawik A-5 NE (2014),
Places Near Buckland River
Capes:

Igloo Point,

Rivers:

Buckland River, Kauk River,

Streams:

Duck Creek,