Alaska Gazetteer
Usuktuk River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Usuktuk River places it within the 99791 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Usuktuk River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at 694000N1564100W, flows NE and NW to Meade River, 3 mi. N of village of Meade River, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Lieutenant Ray (1885, p. 27), USA, Wrote March 29, 1883, ""a large stream called Usuuktu comes in from the eastward with a channel about forty yards wide and high, bold banks."" Lieutenant Ray spells it ""Esuktu"" on his map. It has been reported that this Eskimo name refers in meaning to a penis." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.5180587769 |
| Longitude: | -157.384719849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Usuktuk River: Usuktuk River.
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