Global InformationIpnavik River information
| Ipnavik River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Ipnavik River in Alaska | |
| Native name | Ipnavik (Inupiaq) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Brooks Range |
| Mouth | Colville River |
• location | National Petroleum Reserve |
• coordinates | 68°53′46″N 156°27′30″W / 68.8960°N 156.4582°W |
| Length | 68 miles (109 km)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Colville River |
The Ipnavik River is a 68-mile-long (109 km) tributary of the Colville River in the Alaska North Slope which was part of the traditional lands of the Iñupiat, who named it "Ipnavak" which means "place where young Dall sheep grow up" with its headwaters in the Brooks Range. The Ipnavik River flows northeast to meet the Colville River 50 miles (80 km). It flows north northeast of Howard Pass, which is the mouth of the Ipnavik. The name was documented by the United States Geological Survey in 1925.
- ^ Geonames Ipnavik River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey gnis=1403900