Information About

Arctic Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Arctic Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 36' 10.001" N,
165 ° 49' 12" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

56 ft (17.07 m)

Arctic Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Cripple River, 13 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 5 miles long.

History

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