Akillik River
| Akillik River | ||
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1412491 | |
| location | Northwest Arctic Borough in Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Kobuk River | |
| Drain over | Kobuk River → Arctic Ocean | |
| source |
Baird Mountains ( Brooks chain ) 67 ° 28 '8 " N , 158 ° 13' 50" W |
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Kobuk River Coordinates: 67 ° 11 '58 " N , 158 ° 36' 14" W 67 ° 11 '58 " N , 158 ° 36' 14" W. |
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| Mouth height |
15 m
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| length | approx. 55 km | |
| Right tributaries | Hunt River | |
The Akillik River is a 55 km long right tributary of the Kobuk River in western Alaska .
Its source is on the southern flank of the Baird Mountains , a mountain range of the Brooks Range , in the northeast of the Kobuk Valley National Park near the border with the Noatak National Preserve . It flows on the upper reaches first in an easterly, then in a south-westerly direction and flows 71 km north-west of Shungnak into the Kobuk River, which flows over the Kotzebue Sound to the Chukchi Sea , a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean . The Hunt River flows into the Akillik River on the right side about 5 km above the confluence.