Driftwood Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Driftwood Creek |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | Heading on the W slope of Thunder Mountain in the De Long Mountains, flowing NW to the Utukok River, 42 mi. N of Misheguk Mtn., 10 mi SW of Meat Mountain, Brooks Range. 35 miles long. |
History: | "Named in 1925 by a U.S. Geological Survey exploring party because of the utilization of driftwood found along its banks for fuel. The Eskimo name for this stream is ""Karvak"" (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53)." |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 68.8408355713 |
Longitude: | -161.117492676 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Driftwood Creek: Driftwood Creek.
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