Information About

Oumalik River

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 22' 18.998" N,
154 ° 58' 43" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Atqasuk

Elevation

39 ft (11.89 m)

Oumalik River in Detail.

About

heads at 693800N1561600W, flows NE to Chipp River, 34 mi. S of Smith Bay, Arctic Plain.

History

This Eskimo name, meaning "chief, amber, or ashes," seems to have been first used by geologists of the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 probably in the late 1940's or early 1950's.

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