The Kukpowruk River is a stream, 160 miles (260 km) long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It arises in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range and flows north into Kasegaluk Lagoon of the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean.[1] The river mouth is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay.[1] Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is the major landowner along the river.
The Inuit name for the river probably means "fairly large stream" or "a stream."[1] A late 19th-century variant was "Kook Pow ruk."[1]
^ abcdef"Kukpowruk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ abOrth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567(PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 550. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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