Alaska Gazetteer
Kewagek Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kewagek Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heading on the W slope of Taphook Mountain at Kiwook Pass, flowing NW to a swamp at the SE edge of Niyrakpak Lagoon on Saint Lawrence Island, 18 mi. SE of Gambell, St. Lawrence I. |
| History: | Eskimo name shown on a manuscript map drawn by Lawrence Kulukhan, of Gambell, in 1944. Orth, recorded the name Kiwaruk, meaning growing river, for this stream in 1965. |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.6086120605 |
| Longitude: | -171.329727173 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kewagek Creek: Kewagek Creek.
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