Kuparuk River

The Kuparak River is a river in Alaska's North Slope.[1] The Eskimo name was shown on a manuscript map drawn in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, who spelled it Koopowra and which he translated as Big River (possibly Kugauraq).[2]

References

  1. ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Kuparak River. Accessed Aug 20, 2007.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names Geological Survey Professional Paper 567, 2nd printing, 1971.

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