Description
Heads in the Brooks Range between Endicott and Philip Smith Mts. at 681000N, 1490400W, flows N to Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain.
History
Eskimo name "Sawanukto" reported in 1901 by S. J. Marsh, prospector, to mean "strong current" (Brooks, 1906, p. 289). Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) referring to variant spellings, states, "The writer prefers Shagavanuktok."