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Okpilak River

Okpilak River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
About

Heading in the Brooks Range at Okpilak Glacier and flowing N to the E side of Camden Bay, near the W end of Arey Island, where it has a delta in common iwht the Hulahula River which lies to the W, Romanzof Mts, Arctic Plain.

History of Okpilak River

Reported by E. de K. Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) to be an Eskimo word meaning "no willows." Leffingwell explored to the stream's head in May 1907 with H. T. Arey.

Places Near Okpilak River
Bays:

Arey Lagoon,

Islands:

Arey Island,

Rivers:

Hulahula River, Okpilak River,

Streams:

Nataroarok Creek,