Ipnavik River

The Ipnavik River is a 68-mile-long 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 .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: Ipnavak Creek

Ipnavik River

Latitude
68.89806° or 68° 53′ 53″ north
Longitude
-156.46639° or 156° 27′ 59″ west
Elevation
1,030 feet (314 metres)
Open location code
93W5VGXM+6C
Geo­Names ID
5864850
Wiki­data ID
Q1672206
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Ipnavik River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Ipnavik
  • Catalan: Ipnavik
  • Cebuano: Ipnavik River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ابنافيك
  • French: Ipnavik
  • German: Ipnavik River
  • Irish: Abhainn Ipnavik
  • Portuguese: Rio Ipnavik
  • Venetian: Ipnavik
  • Welsh: Afon Ipnavik

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ipnavik River”. Photo: AHeneen, CC0.