Kongakut River
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| Kongakut River | |
|---|---|
 Kongakut River in summer | |
  Location of the mouth of the Kongakut River in Alaska | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Davidson Mountains |
| • coordinates | 68°48′47″N 143°22′47″W / 68.81306°N 143.37972°W[1] |
| • elevation | 5,521 ft (1,683 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Siku Lagoon |
• location | Beaufort Sea |
• coordinates | 69°46′35″N 141°42′16″W / 69.77639°N 141.70444°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
The Kongakut River[pronunciation?] flows through parts of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It begins in the Davidson Mountains of the Brooks Range in the northeastern corner of the state, near the border with Yukon Territory in Canada.[3] The Kongakut flows generally northeast and north through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Beaufort Sea northwest of Demarcation Point.[3] It was formerly sometimes called the Turner River but that name is now applied to a smaller stream in the vicinity due to confusion as to which was originally meant. The name Kongakut comes from the Inupiaq name for the river, meanining roughly "deer pond".[4]
