Information About

Usuktuk River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Usuktuk River on The Map

Location

70 ° 31' 5.002" N,
157 ° 23' 4.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Atqasuk

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Usuktuk River in Detail.

About

heads at 694000N1564100W, flows NE and NW to Meade River, 3 mi. N of village of Meade River, Arctic Plain

History

Lieutenant Ray (1885, p. 27), USA, Wrote March 29, 1883, "a large stream called Usuuktu comes in from the eastward with a channel about forty yards wide and high, bold banks." Lieutenant Ray spells it "Esuktu" on his map. It has been reported that this Eskimo name refers in meaning to a penis.

Topo Maps

Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River C-3 (1955), Meade River C-3 SE (2013),
Places Near Usuktuk River
Cities:

Atqasuk,

Lakes:

Ikmakrak Lake,

Rivers:

Nigisaktuvik River, Usuktuk River,

Streams:

Pikroka Creek,