heads in Brooks Range at 601200N1543200W flows N to Colville River, 21 mi. SW of head of Ikpikpuk River, Arctic Slope.
Eskimo name reported in 1901 by W. J. Peters and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This may be a form of the Eskimo word "Kurugak," meaning "duck."