Information About

Okpilak River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Okpilak River on The Map

Location

70 ° 4' 40.001" N,
144 ° 3' 9" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Okpilak River in Detail.

About

Heading in the Brooks Range at Okpilak Glacier and flowing N to the E side of Camden Bay, near the W end of Arey Island, where it has a delta in common iwht the Hulahula River which lies to the W, Romanzof Mts, Arctic Plain.

History

Reported by E. de K. Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) to be an Eskimo word meaning "no willows." Leffingwell explored to the stream's head in May 1907 with H. T. Arey.

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1962),
Places Near Okpilak River
Bays:

Arey Lagoon,

Islands:

Arey Island,

Rivers:

Hulahula River, Okpilak River,

Streams:

Nataroarok Creek,