Information About

Siksik River

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 57' 1.001" N,
142 ° 29' 46" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Siksik River in Detail.

About

flows NE to Anguk Lagoon, S of Humphrey Point and 34 mi. NW of Demarcation Point, Arctic Plain

History

Eskimo name recorded on Barter I. in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The name Sikrik generally refers to the Parry groundsquirrel (Rausch, 1951, p. 179).