Information About

Amo Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Amo Creek on The Map

Location

68 ° 56' 51" N,
160 ° 16' 16" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wainwright

Elevation

1736 ft (529.13 m)

Amo Creek in Detail.

About

heads in lake N of Meat Mtn., flows NE to Colville River, 13 mi. NW of Noluck Lake, Arctic Slope; 18 miles long.

History

So named by geologists in 1950 "from an Eskimo name for wolf (amaguk), because several wolves were seen in this vicinity" (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 52), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain (1956), Misheguk Mountain D-3 (1984), Misheguk Mountain D-3 NE (2016),
Places Near Amo Creek
Streams:

Amo Creek, Storm Creek, Thunder Creek,