Information About

Pyramid Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Pyramid Creek on The Map

Location

67 ° 52' 50.999" N,
150 ° 52' 0.998" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Elevation

1581 ft (481.89 m)

Pyramid Creek in Detail.

About

flows NW from Holmes Pass 4 mi. NW of Boreal Mtn., to North Fork Koyukuk River 39 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range

History

Named in 1929 by Robert Marshall (1956, p. 14) who wrote "it (the creek) cut into a deep gulch surrounded by a whole series of pyramid-shaped mountains . Consequently we called the stream 'Pyramid Creek'."