Alaska Gazetteer
Kunuk Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Kunuk Creek places it within the 99766 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Kunuk Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads in the Kemegrak Hills, flows WNW, then SW, to the E end of Aiautak Lagoon, 8.3 mi NNW of Cape Thompson, Arctic Slope. |
| History: | "Eskimo name meaning ""narrow place"" or ""neck"", referring to the narrow slough at the end of Aiautak Lagoon; reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as ""Koon- gook."" Recorded in 1956 as ""Kunakh"" at Point Hope by Orth." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.2461090088 |
| Longitude: | -166.133056641 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kunuk Creek: Kunuk Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Kunuk Creek does not include property ownership information.
| Chariot, AK (14 miles SE) |
