Information About

Killik River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Killik River on The Map

Location

69 ° 0' 25.999" N,
153 ° 54' 34.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Tributaries

Okokmilaga River,

Elevation

548 ft (167.03 m)

Killik River in Detail.

About

formed by April and Kakivilak Creeks at 680200N1543000W, flows N 105 mi. to Colville River, 52 mi. SW of Umiat; Arctic Slope.

History

this Eskimo name first appears about 1885 on a manuscript map drawn on wrapping paper by a Barrow Eskimo. reported in 1901 by W. J. Peters and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Modern Eskimo pronounces the stream name "Kitlik," and the people who once lived in the stream's valley are called Kitlikmiut (Rausch, 1951, p. 150, 158).

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 A-2 (1984), Ikpikpuk River A-2 SW (2016),
Places Near Killik River
Cliffs:

Puivlik Bluff,

Ridges:

Kimikpak Ridge, Kimipak Ridge,

Rivers:

Killik River, Oolamnagavik River,

Streams:

Kaklik Naitka Creek, Mayuasanik Creek, Quandary Creek,