Information About

Siksik River

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kaktovik

About

flows NE to Anguk Lagoon, S of Humphrey Point and 34 mi. NW of Demarcation Point, Arctic Plain

History of Siksik River

Eskimo name recorded on Barter I. in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The name Sikrik generally refers to the Parry groundsquirrel (Rausch, 1951, p. 179).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point D-3 (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point D-3 (1962), Demarcation Point (1964),

Places Near Siksik River

Bays:

Angun Lagoon, Pokok Bay,

Capes:

Angun Point, Humphrey Point, Nuvagapak Point,

Channels:

Nuvagapak Entrance,

Rivers:

Angun River, Kimikpaurauk River, Sikrelurak River, Siksik River,

Cities:

Angun,