Oil Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Yakutat Borough.
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Feature Name: | Oil Creek |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | on S slope of Brower Ridge, flows S to Gulf of Alaska, 2.8 mi. NW of mouth of White River and 96 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
History: | Local name reported by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1904. So named because of oil discoveries made here about 1897. |
Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
Latitude: | 60.056388855 |
Longitude: | -142.302505493 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Oil Creek: Oil Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Oil Creek does not include property ownership information.
Cape Yakataga, AK (4.5 miles W) |