Alaska Gazetteer
Black Dog Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Black Dog Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads in Sadlerochit Mts., 6 mi. SW of Mount Weller, flows S to Fire Creek 2.4 mi. W of its junction with Sadlerochit River, 25 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range. 4 miles long. |
| History: | "Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists in 1948, ""because a black wolf came so close to a working geologist, he thought it was going to attach."" Since ""wolf"" is a common name in Alaska, ""dog"" was used instead." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.5344467163 |
| Longitude: | -145.042221069 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Black Dog Creek: Black Dog Creek.
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