Information About

Disappointment Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Disappointment Creek on The Map

Location

69 ° 14' 43.001" N,
159 ° 50' 44.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wainwright

Elevation

627 ft (191.11 m)

Disappointment Creek in Detail.

About

flows N to Utukok River, W of Lookout Ridge, 95 mi. S of Wainwright, Arctic Slope. 25 miles long.

History

Named by W. T. Foran, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1924, for his disappointment "when it was discovered that the creek did not head in a pass through the DeLong Mts." (in Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53).

Topo Maps

Utukok River (1956), Utukok River (1956), Utukok River A-2 (1984), Utukok River A-2 NE (2016),
Places Near Disappointment Creek
Mountains:

Eskimo Hill,

Streams:

Carbon Creek, Disappointment Creek,