Information About

Ivishak River

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

Elevation:

538 ft (163.98 m)

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 of Ivishak River

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.

Found on the following 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,

Ivishak River Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Ivishak River.