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Imuruk Basin
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View of the Imuruk Basin from the north.
Location of Imuruk Basin in Alaska, USA.
Location of Imuruk Basin in Alaska, USA.
Imuruk Basin
Location in Alaska
Location of Imuruk Basin in Alaska, USA.
Location of Imuruk Basin in Alaska, USA.
Imuruk Basin
Location in North America
Location Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Coordinates 65°07′14″N 165°42′00″W / 65.12056°N 165.70000°W / 65.12056; -165.70000
Primary inflows
Primary outflows Tuksuk Channel
Basin countries United States
Surface area ~90 sq mi (230 km2)
Max. depth 20 feet (6 m)
Surface elevation 3 feet (1 m)

The Imuruk Basin (Imaġruk in Iñupiaq) is an approximately 90 sq mi (230 km2), 17 mi (27 km) long shallow estuary located on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The estuary's drainage basin covers about one quarter of the peninsula. The basin is fed by the Kuzitrin, Kruzgamepa, Agiapuk, and Cobblestone Rivers and is drained by the Tuksuk Channel, which empties into Grantley Harbor (Pacific Ocean).

The Imuruk Basin was a strategic waterway for early Iñupiat by providing accessibility to the Bering Sea from the Seward Peninsula's interior.

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