Information About

Ivishak River

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 29' 55" N,
148 ° 30' 22" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Elevation

538 ft (163.98 m)

Ivishak River in Detail.

About

Heads in the Brooks Range, at 683430N, 1471400W, flows NE, then NW to the Sagavanirktok River, 55 mi. S of Prudhoe Bay, Arctic Plain. 95 miles long.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1914 by Diamond Jenness. Original Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decision of 1916 was revised in 1949 and redescribed in 1959 according to E. de K. Leffingwell's application of the name.

Ivishak River Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Ivishak River.

Topo Maps

Sagavanirktok (1956), Sagavanirktok (1956), Sagavanirktok (1956), Sagavanirktok (1956), Sagavanirktok (1956), Sagavanirktok (1958), Sagavanirktok (1958), Sagavanirktok (1958), Sagavanirktok (1958), Sagavanirktok B-3 (1971), Sagavanirktok B-3 (1971), Sagavanirktok B-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Ivishak River

Rivers:

Ivishak River,

Cities:

Sagwon,