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Ningaluk River

Ninglick River
Country United States
State Alaska
Census Area Bethel
Source Baird Inlet
 - location north of Kigigak Island
 - coordinates 60°50′22″N 164°26′39″W / 60.83944°N 164.44417°W / 60.83944; -164.44417 
Mouth Hazen Bay
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates 60°53′18″N 165°01′07″W / 60.88833°N 165.01861°W / 60.88833; -165.01861Coordinates: 60°53′18″N 165°01′07″W / 60.88833°N 165.01861°W / 60.88833; -165.01861 
Length 44 mi (71 km)
Ningaluk River is located in Alaska
Ningaluk River
Location of the mouth of the Ninglick River in Alaska

Ningaluk River (also Ninglick River) (Ningliq in Yup'ik) is a channel, 44 miles (71 km) long, between Baird Inlet and Hazen Bay on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing generally west, it enters the bay north of Kigigak Island. The bay, about 110 miles (180 km) west of Bethel, is on the Bering Sea.

The U.S. Marine Corps has been working to create emergency shelter, roads, homes, and an airfield in nearby Mertarvik for 400 Yupik Eskimo displaced from Newtok along the Ninglick River. The federal government is supporting the 9-mile (14 km) move, which is necessitated by erosion, melting, and the sinking of permafrost at Newtok.



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