Information About

Bowhead Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bowhead Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 33' 20.999" N,
165 ° 46' 36.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Bowhead Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Cripple River, 11 mi. WNW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 3 miles long.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 as "Bowheads Creek" by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).