Information About

Kigezruk Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 30' 32" N,
167 ° 44' 26.002" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Wales

Elevation

36 ft (10.97 m)

Kigezruk Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW 4 mi. to Bering Sea, 12 mi. SE of Cape Prince of Wales and 43 mi. NW of Teller; Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by Brooks (1901, pl. 13 and p. 135), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). the name as "Kivyearzruk" and noted (p. 25) that the gold "discovery was made in June, 1899, by Kivyearuk, a Prince of Wales native, then employed as reindeer herder by W. T. Lopp, a missionary in charge of a Government reindeer station."

Topo Maps

Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller C-6 (1950), Teller C-6 (1950), Teller C-6 (1950), Teller (1951), Teller (1951), Teller (1958), Teller C-6 SE (2014),

Places Near Kigezruk Creek

Cities:

Pelazuk,

Bays:

Lopp Lagoon,

Mountains:

Big Potato Mountain, Little Potato Mountain, Potato Mountain,

Rivers:

Anikovik River, Kanauguk River,

Streams:

Baituk Creek, Banner Creek, Black Creek, Boulder Creek, Buckner Creek, Cape Creek, Carmen Creek, Clear Creek, Deer Creek, Dry Creek, Eureka Creek, Flat Creek, Fremont Creek, Goodwin Creek, Ishut Creek, Jarvis Creek, Justice Creek, Kigezruk Creek, Lagoon Creek, Lynx Creek, Manna Creek, Moonlight Creek, Oakland Creek, Ocean Creek, Potato Creek, Prince of Wales Creek, Red Fox Creek, Village Creek, West Fork Buck Creek,

Cities:

Tin City, York,