Anaktuvuk River
The Anaktuvuk River is a river in Alaska's North Slope. One hundred and thirty-five miles long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk Pass to flow north to the Arctic Coastal Plain where it joins the Colville River.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Anukturuk River” and “Fake Creek”
Anaktuvuk River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
69.55611° or 69° 33′ 22″ north
Longitude
-151.46778° or 151° 28′ 4″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Open location code
93XCHG4J+CV
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Anaktuvuk River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Anaktuvuk”
- Catalan: “riu Anaktuvuk”
- Catalan: “Riu Anaktuvuk”
- Cebuano: “Anaktuvuk River”
- Dutch: “Anaktuvuk River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اناكتوڤوك”
- French: “Anaktuvuk”
- German: “Anaktuvuk River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Anaktuvuk”
- Italian: “Anaktuvuk”
- Russian: “Анактувук”
- Venetian: “Anaktuvuk”
- Welsh: “Afon Anaktuvuk”
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