Alaska Gazetteer
Contact Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Contact Creek places it within the 99721 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Contact Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows to John River at Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range. 9 miles long. |
| History: | "So named in 1901 by Schrader (1904, p. 63), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because the stream follows a faultline, being a contact between two different geological formations. The Eskimo name for this stream is ""Nachramkunga,"" meaning ""divide creek"" (Rausch, 1951, p. 151); so called because it is on the divide between the John and Anaktuvuk Rivers." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.1500015259 |
| Longitude: | -151.741668701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Contact Creek: Contact Creek.
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