Kanuti River

River in Alaska, United States

66°31′12″N 150°04′22″W / 66.52000°N 150.07278°W / 66.52000; -150.07278^[1] • elevation3,312 ft (1,009 m)^[2] MouthKoyukuk River^[1]

• location

Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Allakaket

• coordinates

66°26′48″N 152°59′51″W / 66.44667°N 152.99750°W / 66.44667; -152.99750^[1]

• elevation

381 ft (116 m)^[1]Length175 mi (282 km)^[3]

The Kanuti (Kkʼoonootnoʼ in Koyukon^[4]) is a 175-mile (282 km) tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[3] The river begins near the Arctic Circle and flows generally west, passing under the Dalton Highway near Caribou Mountain.^[5] After continuing through a relatively flat basin, it enters a 1,200-foot (370 m) deep canyon before meeting the larger river near Allakaket.^[6] The Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge covers a large part of the river basin.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kanuti River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ ^a ^b Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 495. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
^ Chapter 5.7: Athabaskan Place Names for Rivers in Alaska. Bethel, Alaska: Lower Kuskokwim School District. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
^ Maddren, Alfred Geddes (1913). The Koyukuk–Chandalar Region, Alaska (United States Geological Survey Bulletin 532). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 23. Retrieved January 6, 2013.