Sagavanirktok River is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Sagavanirktok River |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | Heads in the Brooks Range between Endicott and Philip Smith Mts. at 681000N, 1490400W, flows N to Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain. |
History: | "Eskimo name ""Sawanukto"" reported in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, to mean ""strong current"" (Brooks, 1906, p. 289). Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) referring to variant spellings, states, ""The writer prefers Shagavanuktok.""" |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 70.3208312988 |
Longitude: | -148.036117554 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sagavanirktok River: Sagavanirktok River.
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Deadhorse, AK (13.7 miles SW) |