Cutler River (Alaska)
Cutler River | ||
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Water code | US : 1412875 | |
location | Alaska (USA) | |
River system | Noatak River | |
Drain over | Noatak River → Arctic Ocean | |
source |
Baird Mountains ( Brooks chain ) 67 ° 23 '41 " N , 157 ° 37' 1" W |
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muzzle |
Noatak River Coordinates: 67 ° 51 '7 " N , 158 ° 20' 36" W 67 ° 51 '7 " N , 158 ° 20' 36" W. |
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Mouth height |
332 m
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length | approx. 70 km | |
Left tributaries | Kaluich Creek | |
Right tributaries | Imelyak River |
The Cutler River is a 70 km long left tributary of the Noatak River in northwest Alaska .
Its source is in the Baird Mountains , a mountain range of the Brooks range . It flows in a north-westerly direction through the Noatak National Preserve and flows 72 km southwest of the Howard Pass into the Noatak River, which flows over the Kotzebue Sound to the Chukchi Sea , a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean .
The Dictionary of Alaska Place Names also uses the name "Caribou River" for the river. In The Inupiaq Eskimo Nations of Northwest Alaska the name "Anayuk" is used.