Information About

Kugrupaga River

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 52' 23.999" N,
166 ° 30' 5" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Brevig Mission

Elevation

112 ft (34.14 m)

Kugrupaga River in Detail.

About

on Seward Peninsula, flows NW to Kugrupaga Inlet, on Chukchi Sea, 16 mi. NW of Ear Mtn. and 52 mi. NW of Teller, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 32 miles long.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1901 as "Kugruk" by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 9), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Kugruk River.