Information About

Kokolik River

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 46' 14.999" N,
162 ° 59' 48.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kotzebue

Kokolik River in Detail.

About

heads in De Long Mts. at 682800N, 1615800W, flows NW to Kasegaluk Lagoon, 1 mi. E of Point Lay, Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name reported by Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), in 1898. A. J. Collier, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported the name "Kepizetka", probably obtained from the so-called Cullinghow's map of Cape Lisburne, a manuscript map drawn by an Eskimo about 1890. Kokolik refers to the bistort, an edible flowering plant that is abundant in the Arctic (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53). Kepizetka (qipigsatqaq) means "it twists" or "crooked."

Topo Maps

Point Lay (1955), Point Lay (1955), Point Lay (1955), Point Lay D-2 (1955), Point Lay D-2 SW (2014),

Places Near Kokolik River

Cities:

Kukpowruk,

Bays:

Ledyard Bay,

Capes:

Point Lay, Siksrikpak Point, Sitkok Point,

Channels:

Akunik Pass, Kukpowruk Pass,

Islands:

Kopkakisak Island,

Rivers:

Epizetka River, Kokolik River, Kukpowruk River,

Cities:

Point Lay,