Kukpowruk River

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.[2] The river mouth is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay.[2] Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is the major landowner along the river.

Kukpowruk River
Location of the mouth of the Kukpowruk River in Alaska
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	North Slope
Physical characteristics
Source	De Long Mountains
• coordinates	68°26′20″N 162°29′49″W
• elevation	2,872 ft (875 m)[1]
Mouth	Kasegaluk Lagoon, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean
• location	9 miles (14 km) south of Point Lay
• coordinates	69°36′57″N 163°01′06″W[2]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length	160 mi (260 km)[3]

The Inuit name for the river probably means "fairly large stream" or "a stream."[2] A late 19th-century variant was "Kook Pow ruk."[2]