Alaska Gazetteer
Kaliguricheark River is a physical feature (stream) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kaliguricheark River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows S to Kobuk River 5.5 mi. NE of its junction with Salmon River, 35 mi. NE of Kiana, Brooks Range |
| History: | "Eskimo name, probably referring to ""some kind of a fish, ""spelled ""Kal-e-gu-ri-che-ark"" by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1885 and applied the name to the present-day ""Kallarichuk River."" The name was reapplied to the above described stream on a 1901 fieldsheet by D. L. Raeburn, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and given its present spelling." |
| Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.1913909912 |
| Longitude: | -159.271392822 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kaliguricheark River: Kaliguricheark River.
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