Information About

Strike Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Strike Creek on The Map

Location

59 ° 1' 18.001" N,
154 ° 13' 30" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Elevation

62 ft (18.9 m)

Strike Creek in Detail.

About

flows NE 23 mi. to Little Kamishak River, 36 mi. SW of Augustine I.; Aleutian Range

History

so named by R. H. Sargent's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party in 1923 because the stream follows the strike of the underlying rock. by K. F. Mather (in Brooks and others, 1925, pl. 3).