Porcupine River

The Porcupine River is a 916 km tributary of the in Canada and the United States. It rises in the north of , , Canada.
Wikipedia
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 413 feet (126 metres)
  • …is also known as “Ch’oonjik”
  • Description: river in Canada and in Alaska

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Yukon Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: madpai, CC BY 2.0.
is a state-owned public-use … is situated 2½ miles southeast of Porcupine River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Yukon.

Village
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is a village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census… is situated 2½ miles southeast of Porcupine River.

Porcupine River

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Latitude
66.595° or 66° 35′ 42″ north
Longitude
-145.30889° or 145° 18′ 32″ west
Open location code
93RPHMVR+XC
Geo­Names ID
5871896
Wiki­data ID
Q284603

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Porcupine River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر بوركوباين”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Porcupine”
  • Basque: “Porcupine ibaia”
  • Basque: “Porcupine”
  • Belarusian: “Порк’юпайн”
  • Bulgarian: “Поркюпайн”
  • Catalan: “Porcupine River”
  • Catalan: “riu Porcupine”
  • Catalan: “Riu Porcupine”
  • Cebuano: “Porcupine River”
  • Chinese: “豪猪河”
  • Chinese: “豪豬河”
  • Chuvash: “Поркьюпайн”
  • Croatian: “Porcupine”
  • Czech: “Porcupine”
  • Danish: “Porcupine River”
  • Dutch: “Porcupine River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پوركوپين”
  • French: “Porcupine”
  • German: “Porcupine River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Porcupine”
  • Italian: “Porcupine”
  • Japanese: “ポーキュパイン川”
  • Japanese: “ポーキュパン川”
  • Korean: “포큐파인강”
  • Lithuanian: “Porkjupainas”
  • Mingrelian: “პორკუპაინი”
  • Polish: “Porcupine”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Porcupine”
  • Russian: “Поркьюпайн”
  • Serbian: “Поркјупајн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porcupine”
  • Spanish: “Porcupine”
  • Spanish: “Rio Porcupine”
  • Spanish: “Río Porcupine”
  • Turkish: “Porcupine Nehri”
  • Venetian: “Porcupine”
  • Welsh: “Afon Porcupine”
  • Western Mari: “Поркьюпайн”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Homebrew Island and Hospital Lake.

Alaska: Highlights

Notable places include Juneau and Anchorage.

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