Information About

Tingmerkpuk River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map

Location

68 ° 47' 17.002" N,
162 ° 4' 45.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kotzebue

Elevation

1020 ft (310.9 m)

Tingmerkpuk River in Detail.

About

in De Long Mts., flows NE to Kokolik River, E of Tingmerkpuk Mtn., 8 mi. E of Poko Mtn. and 44.5 mi. NE of Mount Kelly, Brooks Range

History

Eskimo name for the American Golden Eagle, (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis), shown on a 1926 fieldsheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Eskimo name means "largest bird (tingmiakpak)."

Topo Maps

De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains D-1 (1955), De Long Mountains (1965), De Long Mountains D-1 SE (2015),

Places Near Tingmerkpuk River

Basins:

Lakes:

Ridges:

Rivers:

Streams:

Iligluruk Creek, Kantangnak Creek, Shulunarurak Creek,