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| The '''Utukok River''' is a {{convert|225|mi|km|adj=on}} long stream in the ] of the ] of ].<ref name="Place Names"/> It rises in the ] at the confluence of Kogruk and Tupik creeks and flows north, northeast, and then northwest.<ref name="gnis"/> It empties into ] on the ] of the Arctic Ocean, {{convert|20|mi|km}} southwest of ].<ref name="gnis"/> | The '''Utukok River''' is a {{convert|225|mi|km|adj=on}} long stream in the ] of the ] of ].<ref name="Place Names"/> It rises in the ] at the confluence of Kogruk and Tupik creeks and flows north, northeast, and then northwest.<ref name="gnis"/> It empties into ] on the ] of the Arctic Ocean, {{convert|20|mi|km}} southwest of ].<ref name="gnis"/> | ||
| ''Utoqaq'', meaning ''old'' or ''ancient'', is the ] name for Icy Cape.<ref name="gnis"/> Variant names used for the river in the 19th century included "Utukak" and "Ootokok".<ref name="gnis"/> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| "Utoqaq" is the Inuit name for "Icy Cape" and means "old" or "ancient." The name of the river appears to have been first mentioned by Lt. Zagoskin (1847, p. 74), IRN, when he referred to the Utukak-myut, or Utukak people, "on river of same name." Zagoskin received this information from Kashevarov, whose Creole guide, Utuktak, drew a map of the coast south of ] in 1838. The name was published in 1899 by USC&GS as "Ootokok River." | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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The Utukok River is a 225-mile (362 km) long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It rises in the De Long Mountains at the confluence of Kogruk and Tupik creeks and flows north, northeast, and then northwest. It empties into Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Icy Cape.
Utoqaq, meaning old or ancient, is the Inuit name for Icy Cape. Variant names used for the river in the 19th century included "Utukak" and "Ootokok".
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