Tingmerkpuk River

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Tingmerkpuk River is a stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Kokolik River. [1]

North Slope Borough, Alaska Borough in the United States

North Slope Borough, established in 1972, is an Alaskan borough bounded on the south by the Brooks Range and located largely in the North Slope region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost formal community on the North American continent. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,430. The borough seat is Utqiagvik. The mayor is Harry K. Brower, Jr., first elected in a special election in July 2016 after recall of the previous mayor by an April 2016 election.

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Kokolik River river in Alaska, United States

The Kokolik River is a stream, 200 miles (320 km) long, in the western North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. It rises in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range and flows generally north and northwest into the Kasegaluk Lagoon. The river mouth is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Point Lay, on the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Tingmerkpuk is derived from an Eskimo word meaning "eagle". [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tingmerkpuk River
  2. ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 54.

Coordinates: 68°47′15″N162°04′57″W / 68.7876°N 162.0824°W / 68.7876; -162.0824

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