Information About

Pipe Spit

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Pipe Spit on The Map

Location

66 ° 56' 52.001" N,
162 ° 19' 53" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Kotzebue

Pipe Spit in Detail.

About

on Baldwin Peninsula, extends into Hotham Inlet, 8 mi. NE of Kotzebue, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Stoney, U.S. Navy (USN), (1900, map) derived from the shrine of Saint Terese near the creek's mouth. Reported in 1937 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Topo Maps

Kotzebue (1951), Kotzebue (1951), Kotzebue (1951), Kotzebue (1951), Kotzebue (1951), Kotzebue D-1 (1951), Kotzebue D-1 (1951), Kotzebue (1958), Kotzebue D-1 NW (2016),
Places Near Pipe Spit
Areas:

Noatak River Delta,

Bars:

Pipe Spit,

Capes:

Cape Blossom,

Dams:

Kotzebue Water Supply Dam,

Islands:

Kinuk Island,

Mountain Ranges:

Mulik Hills,

Rivers:

Noatak River,

Streams:

Hugo Creek, Little Noatak Slough, Saninak Creek, Shiliak Creek,