Noatak River

The Noatak River is a river in northwestern Alaska.The river's headwaters are on 8,570-foot (2,610 m) tall Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range in the Gates Of The Arctic National Park.The Noatak flows generally westward approximately 675 km (419 mi) to the Chukchi Sea at Kotzebue Sound. The river's entire course is north of the Arctic Circle. Leaving Gates of the Arctic National Park the river enters the Noatak National Preserve which exactly delineates the river's watershed.