Kuzitrin River

Kuzitrin River
Country United States
State Alaska
District Nome Census Area
Source Kuzitrin Lake
 - location 13 miles (21 km) south of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula
 - elevation 302 ft (92 m) [1]
 - coordinates 65°26′59″N 163°48′43″W / 65.44972°N 163.81194°W / 65.44972; -163.81194 [2]
Mouth Imuruk Basin
 - location 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Teller
 - elevation 7 ft (2 m) [2]
 - coordinates 65°10′03″N 165°25′12″W / 65.16750°N 165.42000°W / 65.16750; -165.42000Coordinates: 65°10′03″N 165°25′12″W / 65.16750°N 165.42000°W / 65.16750; -165.42000 [2]
Length 95 mi (153 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Kuzitrin River in Alaska

The Kuzitrin River is a stream, 95 miles (153 km) long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] It begins at Kuzitrin Lake in the central region of the peninsula and flows 95 miles (153 km) west into the Imuruk Basin.[2] The basin drains via the bay of Port Clarence to the Bering Sea.[3] Kuzitrin tributaries include the Noxapaga, Kougarok, Kruzgamepa (Pilgrim), and Kugruk rivers.[3]

The river's name, from the Inuit, was recorded in 1900 by the United States Geological Survey. The United States Board on Geographic Names officially adopted the name in 1950.[2]

There is one former village site on the lower Kuzitrin, at Mary's Igloo. The village is abandoned but is still used for subsistence activities by people from the nearby village of Teller.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kuzitrin River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  4. ↑ "Erosion Information Paper – Mary’s Igloo, Alaska" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. April 14, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.