Information About

Okpiksak River

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 42' 9" N,
156 ° 36' 47.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Okpiksak River in Detail.

About

flows N to the Meade River, 42 mi. S of Barrow, Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name referring to the "owl (ukpik)," shown on a 1923 fieldsheet by E. C. Guerin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "Okpiksook River."

Topo Maps

Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River C-2 (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River C-2 (1955), Meade River C-2 NE (2015),
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