Heads in the De Long Mountains, of the Brooks Range, 3 mi SW of Tingmerkpuk Mountain, flows N for 14 mi, then WNW, to the Kukpowruk River, 6 mi W of Igloo Mountain and 39 mi ESE of Cape Sabine, Arctic Slope. 36 miles long.
Name proposed in 1965 by geologists of the B. P. Exploration Co., Inc.