Information About

Usuktuk River

Usuktuk River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 20 ft (6.1 m)
About

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

History of Usuktuk River

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.

Places Near Usuktuk River
Cities:

Atqasuk,

Lakes:

Ikmakrak Lake,

Rivers:

Nigisaktuvik River, Usuktuk River,

Streams:

Pikroka Creek,