Alaska Gazetteer
Shublik Spring is a physical feature (spring) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Shublik Spring |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Spring |
| Description: | On the E bank of the Canning River, 3 mi. N of its junction with Cache Creek, on the SW slopes of the Shublik Mountains, 45 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Arctic Slope; 692700N, 1460300W.. |
| History: | "Eskimo name which was reported by Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) to mean ""a spring."" Leffingwell wrote, ""There are two springs which deserve mention. The larger one by report is the Shublik Spring, at the west end of Shublik Mountains, * * *. Several large springs gush out of the lower slope of the mountain, at an elevation of about 400 feet above the river, and gather together into a foaming torrent that cannot be crossed on foot"" (p. 58-59). Diamond Jenness spells the name ""Sublik.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.4499969482 |
| Longitude: | -146.066665649 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Shublik Spring: Shublik Spring.
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