Alaska Gazetteer
Ribdon River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Ribdon River |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | In Philip Smith Mts., flows W to the Sagavanirktok River, S of Kakuktukruich Bluff, 13 mi NW of Elusive Lake, Brooks Range |
| History: | "So named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists in 1951, ""because one of the geologists named Don had a rib injury."" The Eskimo name for this stream is ""Shukukpaukat"" which refers to the ""high, steep, sharp mountains"" that bound it." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.8086090088 |
| Longitude: | -148.790557861 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ribdon River: Ribdon River.
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