Alaska Gazetteer
Inuktak Creek is a physical feature (stream) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Inuktak Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Flows SW to the Chukchi Sea, 0.3 mi SE of the mouth of Kisimilok Creek and 14.2 mi SE of Cape Thompson, Arctic Slope. |
| History: | "Eskimo name meaning ""murder"" referring to a famous folktale of a battle near here between the Tigaramiut (Point Hop people) and the Kivalinagmiut (Kivalina people) according to Lawrence Sage who lived here as a boy. W. O. Pruitt, University of Alaska, applied this name to Kiktoya Creek. The name was reported in 1950 as ""Inuktuk"" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.058052063 |
| Longitude: | -165.479446411 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Inuktak Creek: Inuktak Creek.
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| Chariot, AK (7.6 miles WNW) |
