Information About

Sagavanirktok River

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 19' 14.999" N,
148 ° 2' 10" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Wildlife

Chum Salmon, Pink Salmon, Broad Whitefish, Dolly Varden, Least Cisco

Sagavanirktok River in Detail.

About

Heads in the Brooks Range between Endicott and Philip Smith Mts. at 681000N, 1490400W, flows N to Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name "Sawanukto" reported in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, to mean "strong current" (Brooks, 1906, p. 289). Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) referring to variant spellings, states, "The writer prefers Shagavanuktok."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point B-2 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (2017),

Places Near Sagavanirktok River

Archipelagos:

Niakuk Islands,

Areas:

Sag Delta Number 1, Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Capes:

Anxiety Point, Heald Point,

Islands:

Argo Island, Bartlett Island, Cross Island, Duck Island, Howe Island,

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,