Information About

Sagavanirktok River

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

Wildlife:

About

Heads in the Brooks Range between Endicott and Philip Smith Mts. at 681000N, 1490400W, flows N to Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain.

History of Sagavanirktok River

Eskimo name "Sawanukto" reported in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, to mean "strong current" (Brooks, 1906, p. 289). Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) referring to variant spellings, states, "The writer prefers Shagavanuktok."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point B-2 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (2017),

Places Near Sagavanirktok River

Archipelagos:

Niakuk Islands,

Areas:

Sag Delta Number 1, Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Capes:

Anxiety Point, Heald Point,

Islands:

Argo Island, Bartlett Island, Cross Island, Duck Island, Howe Island,

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,