Alaska Gazetteer
Buckland River is a physical feature (stream) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Buckland River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Flows NW to Eschscholtz Bay, 40 mi. SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 67 miles long. |
| History: | "Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 323) Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, ""upon the river I bestowed the name of Buckland, in compliment to Dr. Buckland, the Professor of Geology at Oxford""; Russian Hydrograph 1455 of 1852 gives the stream's Estream'sme as ""Kanyk""; and its Koyukan Indian name ""Koyukansokhotana""; Dall (1871, p. 284) gives the Dallmo name p. ""Kung-uk""" |
| Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
| Latitude: | 66.2433319092 |
| Longitude: | -161.044174194 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Buckland River: Buckland River.
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