Information About

Kwik River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kwik River on The Map

Location

64 ° 47' 12.001" N,
161 ° 40' 0.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Koyuk

Tributaries

Quartz Creek,

Kwik River in Detail.

About

flows SE 27 mi. to Norton Bay, 37 mi. NW of Chirstmas Mtn.; Seward Peninsula High.

History

Eskimo name meaning "river" reported in 1897 by Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), as "Kuik."

Topo Maps

Norton Bay (1948), Norton Bay (1948), Norton Bay D-6 (1950), Norton Bay D-6 (1950), Norton Bay (1951), Norton Bay (1951), Norton Bay (1955), Norton Bay (1955), Norton Bay (1955), Norton Bay (1955), Norton Bay D-6 SE (2014),
Places Near Kwik River
Cities:

Kwik, Tubutulik,

Bays:

Kwiniuk Inlet,

Capes:

Moses Point,

Mountains:

Bald Head,

Rivers:

Kwik River,

Streams:

Horseshoe Creek, Quartz Creek,