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Anikovik River

Anikovik River

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 33 ft (10.06 m)
About

heads in York Mts., flows SW to Bering Sea, 41 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.; 11 miles long.

History of Anikovik River

Eskimo name reported in 1900 as "Anakovik" by Brooks (1901, pl. 13 and p. 134), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Schrader and Brooks in 1900 (map 3) speled the name "Onokovuk", and in the same year U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) showed "Onokuruk" on Chart 9380.