2001
View of the outlet of Ashuapun where it empties into Ashuapun-shipu. Archaeologist, Stephen Loring, believes that Maritime Archaic hunters ambushed caribou at the crossing place in the centre far shore. View is to the WNW. Photo courtesy Stephen Loring.
ID: 121
Longitude: -60.8607
Latitude: 55.0406
Pronunciation: əʃwa:pu:n-ʃi:pu:
Translation: Waiting Place River
Official Name: Adlatok River
Feature: river
Explanation:
Named in reference to lake Ashuapun (no 113) from which it flows. Some people apply the name to the entire river as far as the ocean while others give different names to the two branches emptying into the ocean (see nos 649 and 650)
Named in reference to lake Ashuapun (no 113) from which it flows. Some people apply the name to the entire river as far as the ocean while others give different names to the two branches emptying into the ocean (see nos 649 and 650)