Information About

Nigu River

Quick Facts

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Location

68 ° 32' 26.999" N,
156 ° 27' 11.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kobuk

Elevation

1299 ft (395.94 m)

Nigu River in Detail.

About

heads in Imakturok Pass, flows NW 70 mi. to Etivluk River, 25 mi. NW of Howard Pass; Brooks Range

History

named in 1925 by Gerald FitzGerald (in Smith and Mertie, 1930, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a multi-colored chert bluff near the stream's mouth.

Topo Maps

Howard Pass (1956), Howard Pass (1956), Howard Pass (1956), Howard Pass (1956), Howard Pass (1956), Howard Pass C-1 (1984), Howard Pass C-1 SW (2016),

Places Near Nigu River

Lakes:

Lake Betty, Smith Mountain Lakes,

Mountains:

Kingak Mountain, Nigu Bluff, Puvakrat Mountain, Smith Mountain,

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