Information About

Kuparuk River

Kuparuk River

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

About

Heading in the Brooks Range in a lake at 683200 N1491200W and flows NW, then NE, to Gwydyr Bay on the Arctic coast 8 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History of Kuparuk River

Eskimo name shown on a manuscript map drawn in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, who spelled it Koopowra and which he translated as "big river" (probably Kugauraq).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-4 (1955), Beechey Point B-4 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point B-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Kuparuk River

Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bars:

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay, Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Back Point, Point Storkersen,

Hills:

Islands:

Egg Island, Long Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,

Streams: