Information About

Price River

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 51' 34.999" N,
154 ° 42' 25.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Atqasuk

Elevation

115 ft (35.05 m)

Wildlife

Broad Whitefish, Humpback Whitefish, Least Cisco

Price River in Detail.

About

formed by Key and Wolf Creeks, flows W to Ikpikpuk River, 36 mi. N of its head, Arctic Plain.

History

Named in 1924 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for C.M. Price, an enlisted man who accompanied Ensign W.L. Howard, U.S. Navy (USN), on his expedition from Fort Cosmos, on the Kobuk River, to Point Barrow in the spring of 1886.

Topo Maps

Ikpikpuk River (1951), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River D-3 (1984), Ikpikpuk River D-3 SW (2017),

Places Near Price River

Rivers:

Price River, Titaluk River,

Streams:

Bronx Creek, Fry Creek,