Imuruk Basin
| Imuruk Basin | ||
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 The Imuruk Basin with the Kigluiak Mountains in the background |
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| Waters | Bering Sea | |
| Land mass | Seward Peninsula ( North America ) | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 7 ′ N , 165 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| width | 8.3 km | |
| depth | 30 km | |
| surface | 224 km² | |
| Tributaries | Kuzitrin River , Cobblestone River , Agiapuk River | |
The Imuruk Basin is an inland bay to the west of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska . The catchment area of the saltwater lagoon , fed by the Kuzitrin , Cobblestone and Agiapuk rivers, covers about a quarter of the area of the peninsula.
The outflow of the basin, the 11 km long Tuksuk Channel , runs in a north-westerly direction into Grantley Harbor , which is connected to another bay, Port Clarence , via a spit near the village of Teller . This flows into the Bering Sea near the village of the same name .
South of the basin are the Kigluaik Mountains with Mount Osborn, who with 1437 m highest point in the Seward Peninsula.
Alaskan natives from the interior of the peninsula used the Imuruk Basin as a waterway to the Bering Sea.
Web links
- Imuruk Basin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- Imuruk Basin Watershed on epa.gov (engl.)
- Imuruk Basin at lakepedia.com