Information About

Baituk Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Baituk Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 31' 4.001" N,
167 ° 47' 13.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Wales

Elevation

46 ft (14.02 m)

Baituk Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Bering Sea, 10 mi. SE of Cape Prince of Wales and 45 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High. 6 miles long.

History

Eskimo name published in 1900 as "Botuk" on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 9380, and as "Bituk" by Schrader and Brooks (map 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Reported the same year as "Baituk" by Brooks (1901, pl. 13 and p. 135), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).