Information About

Kutuk River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kutuk River on The Map

Location

67 ° 30' 38.002" N,
153 ° 58' 31.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Hughes

Tributary to

Alatna River

Length

30 mi (48.28 km)

Elevation

971 ft (295.96 m)

Kutuk River in Detail.

About

heads at 675300N1534900W, flows SW to Alatna River, 24 mi. S of Survey Pass, Brooks Range

History

Eskimo name first reported by Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1886 as "Koo-too-ark" or "Koo-to-ark," but spelled "Kutuk" by P. S. Smith (1913, p. 35), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).