Heads at 692200N, 1550300W, flows NNE to the Ikpikpuk River 20 mi upstream form Semiutak Bend, Arctic Plain. 50 miles long.
Name proposed in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for use in geologic mapping. The variant name appeared in 1924 on a field sheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).