Awuna River

Awuna River
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough North Slope
Source Swamp north of Lookout Ridge
 - location National Petroleum Reserve
 - elevation 1,202 ft (366 m) [1]
 - coordinates 69°20′01″N 158°45′22″W / 69.33361°N 158.75611°W / 69.33361; -158.75611 [2]
Mouth Colville River
 - location West of Angoyakvik Pass, National Petroleum Reserve
 - elevation 722 ft (220 m) [2]
 - coordinates 69°02′55″N 155°27′48″W / 69.04861°N 155.46333°W / 69.04861; -155.46333Coordinates: 69°02′55″N 155°27′48″W / 69.04861°N 155.46333°W / 69.04861; -155.46333 [2]
Length 200 mi (322 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Awuna River in Alaska

The Awuna River also called Sakvailak by the Iñupiat is a 200-mile (320 km) tributary of the Colville River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Located entirely within the National Petroleum Reserve, it arises in a swamp north of Lookout Ridge in the North Slope Borough.[3] It flows generally east to meet the larger river west of Angoyakvik Pass.[3]

Eytomology

The river's name Awuna means "westward" or Uwanmun. The name given to the river now by the Iñupiat is Sakvailak.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Awuna River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 134&ndash, 36. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  4. ↑ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names


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