Alaska Gazetteer
Ignek Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Ignek Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heading between Sadlerochit and Shublik Mts. flows W through Ignek Valley to Canning River, 8 mi. NW of Mount Copleston and 53 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Arctic Slope. 14 miles long. |
| History: | "Leffingwell (1919, p. 121), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), writes, ""The native (Eskimo) name of the stream which cut Red Hill is ""Ignek,"" meaning ""fire."" The natives have assured the writer that these red beds were still smoking when their ancestors came into the country, not many years ago."" Jenness spells the name ""Ignik"" (1928, p. 96)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.5963897705 |
| Longitude: | -146.29083252 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ignek Creek: Ignek Creek.
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