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The '''Buckland River''' is a ] in ]. {{for|the river in Australia|Buckland River (Victoria)}}
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The '''Buckland River'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} (''Kaŋiq''{{Pronunciation-needed}} in ]) is a stream, {{convert|67|mi|km}} long, in the ] of ].<ref name="gnis"/> It flows northwest to the ] at ], {{convert|40|mi|km}} southwest of ] in the ].<ref name="gnis"/>

Naval officer ] named the river in 1826 for a geology professor at the ] in England. Other 19th-century names for the river included Russian translations of the ] as ''Kanyk'' and the ] Indian as ''Kotsokhotana.'' Another translation of the Inuit was ''Kung-uk.''<ref name="gnis"/>


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Latest revision as of 17:17, 24 November 2021

For the river in Australia, see Buckland River (Victoria). River in Alaska, United States
Buckland River
Buckland River is located in AlaskaBuckland RiverLocation of the mouth of the Buckland River in Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorthwest Arctic
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of the river's north and south forks
 • locationSouth of the Selawik Hills, Seward Peninsula
 • coordinates65°45′00″N 160°02′23″W / 65.75000°N 160.03972°W / 65.75000; -160.03972
 • elevation146 ft (45 m)
MouthEschscholtz Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea
 • location40 miles (64 km) southwest of Selawik
 • coordinates66°14′36″N 161°02′39″W / 66.24333°N 161.04417°W / 66.24333; -161.04417
 • elevation0 ft (0 m)
Length67 mi (108 km)

The Buckland River (Kaŋiq in Inupiaq) is a stream, 67 miles (108 km) long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Eschscholtz Bay, 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Selawik in the Northwest Arctic Borough.

Naval officer Frederick William Beechey named the river in 1826 for a geology professor at the University of Oxford in England. Other 19th-century names for the river included Russian translations of the Inuit as Kanyk and the Koyukon Indian as Kotsokhotana. Another translation of the Inuit was Kung-uk.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Buckland River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 23, 2001. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.


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