Information About

Sakonowyak River

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Location

70 ° 26' 48.998" N,
149 ° 1' 18.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Sakonowyak River in Detail.

About

flows NE to Gwydyr Bay, 4 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name meaning "twisting waters" ("it twists" taken from sanguroq) reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-4 (1955), Beechey Point B-4 (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-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Sakonowyak River

Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay, Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Back Point, Beechey Point,

Islands:

Cottle Island, Long Island,

Mountains:

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,