Ribdon River
| Ribdon River | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Arial view of the Ribdon River and Brooks Range | |
  Location of the mouth of the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska | |
| Native name | Shukukpaukat (Inupiaq) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Philip Smith Mountains |
| • location | Brooks Range |
| • coordinates | 68°40′40″N 147°14′04″W / 68.6777778°N 147.2344444°W[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sagavanirktok River |
• coordinates | 68°48′31″N 148°47′26″W / 68.8086111°N 148.7905556°W[1] |
| Length | 46 miles (74 km)[2] |
The Ribdon River is a river in the North Slope Borough of Alaska, United States. The river is largely located in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It flows 46 miles (74 km) west from the Philip Smith Mountains into the Sagavanirktok River. Elusive Lake drains into the Ribdon.[2]
The river is so named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists in 1951, "because one of the geologists named Don had a rib injury." The Iñupiat name "Shukukpaukat" refers to the "high, steep, sharp mountains" that bound it.[1]
Lutra canadensis is known to habitate the river.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ribdon River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 1980. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 824. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ^ Magoun, Audrey J.; Valkenburg, Patrick (1977). "The River Otter (Lutra canadensis) on the North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska" (PDF). Canadian Field-Naturalist. 91 (3): 303–305. Retrieved 14 September 2024.