Alaska Gazetteer
Awuna River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Awuna River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in swamp at 692000N1584500W and flows E to Colville River 28 mi. SW of head of Ikpikpuk River, Arctic Slope. 200 miles long. |
| History: | "Eskimo name; appeared on a fieldsheet by R.K. Lynt and was reported in 1924 by P.S. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1924. The name is reported to mean ""westward"" (Uwanmun); the present-day Eskimo name is Sakvailak." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.048614502 |
| Longitude: | -155.46333313 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Awuna River: Awuna River.
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