Alaska Gazetteer
Cosmos Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cosmos Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows SW to Kobuk River, 4 mi. W of Shungnak, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 16 miles long. |
| History: | "Named in 1901 by W. C. Mendenhall, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), after Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's naval expedition camp called Fort Cosmos, which was located at the mouth of this stream in 1885-86. The stream's Eskimo name according to Stoney (1900, map) was ""A-vi-lu-legorack.""" |
| Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
| Latitude: | 66.8886108398 |
| Longitude: | -157.297775269 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cosmos Creek: Cosmos Creek.
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|
Shungnak, AK
(4.3 miles E) |
Kobuk, AK
(11.4 miles E) |
| Bornite, AK (15.2 miles NE) |
