Alaska Gazetteer
Winding Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Winding Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows NW to Bering Sea, 2 mi. S of Oksenof Point, on NW coast of Unimak I., Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "This stream was originally called Snake River by the 1939 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party because ""***this river is very crooked."" The name, however, was changed the following year to Winding Creek, thought to be more appropriate ""***since the stream is small to be called a river and the name snake might be thought to indicate the presence of many reptiles in it.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.8505554199 |
| Longitude: | -164.564727783 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Winding Creek: Winding Creek.
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