Information About

Anaktuvuk Pass

Quick Facts

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Location

68 ° 8' 47" N,
151 ° 43' 21" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Elevation

2182 ft (665.07 m)

Anaktuvuk Pass in Detail.

About

between headwaters of Anaktuvuk and John Rivers, SE of Soakpak Mtn., Brooks Range;

History

Named by W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1901. He wrote, "being satisfied that the mountains could be crossed through this pass, which I called Anaktuvuk, from the northward-flowing river that it leads to * * *" (Schrader, 1904, p. 2).

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Buff-bellied Pipit, Willow Ptarmigan, Common Raven, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Tree Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Greater White-fronted Goose, White-crowned Sparrow, Lapland Longspur, Long-tailed Jaeger, Long-tailed Duck, American Golden Plover, Glaucous Gull, Cackling Goose, Common Redpoll, Northern Pintail, American Robin, Northern Wheatear, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Fox Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Horned Lark, Smith's Longspur, Wilson's Warbler, Greater Scaup, Least Sandpiper, Rock Ptarmigan, Northern Shrike, Orange-crowned Warbler, Tundra Swan, White-winged Scoter, Semipalmated Plover, Whimbrel, Baird's Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Say's Phoebe, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Hoary Redpoll, Upland Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Spotted Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Lesser Yellowlegs, Common Gull, Red-throated Loon, Tree Swallow, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Bluethroat, Yellow Warbler, Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Mallard, Harlequin Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Sandhill Crane, Red-necked Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Arctic Tern, Northern Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Arctic Warbler, Snow Goose, Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-necked Grebe, Black-bellied Plover, Pacific Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Golden Eagle, Northern Goshawk, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Boreal Chickadee, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Varied Thrush, White-winged Crossbill, Snow Bunting, Dark-eyed Junco, Lincoln's Sparrow