Alaska Gazetteer
Okpilak River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Okpilak River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heading in the Brooks Range at Okpilak Glacier and flowing N to the E side of Camden Bay, near the W end of Arey Island, where it has a delta in common iwht the Hulahula River which lies to the W, Romanzof Mts, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Reported by E. de K. Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) to be an Eskimo word meaning ""no willows."" Leffingwell explored to the stream's head in May 1907 with H. T. Arey." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.0777740479 |
| Longitude: | -144.052505493 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Okpilak River: Okpilak River.
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