Alaska Gazetteer
Jago River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Jago River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier in Romanzof Mts. at 690430N1435400W, flows N to Jago Lagoon, 7 mi. E of Barter I., Arctic Plain. 90 miles long. |
| History: | "Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 92), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); derived from the name ""Jags"" and modified to ""Jago"" in order to ""place the name of Lieutenant Jago of Collinson's (Captain Richard, Royal Navy (RN)) ship, on the map * * *."" The name ""Jags,"" according to Leffingwell, is the Eskimo attempt to pronounce ""the whaler's nickname for a drunken native who first braved the devils that were supposed t o dwell on that river.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.1094436646 |
| Longitude: | -143.306396484 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Jago River: Jago River.
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