Information About

Kuparuk River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kuparuk River on The Map

Location

70 ° 25' 27.998" N,
148 ° 52' 14.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Kuparuk River in Detail.

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

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).

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:

Cat Shoals,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay, Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Back Point, Point Storkersen,

Hills:

Kuparuk Mound,

Islands:

Egg Island, Long Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,

Streams:

Fawn Creek,