Information About

Black Dog Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Black Dog Creek on The Map

Location

69 ° 32' 3.998" N,
145 ° 2' 31.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Elevation

1978 ft (602.89 m)

Black Dog Creek in Detail.

About

Heads in Sadlerochit Mts., 6 mi. SW of Mount Weller, flows S to Fire Creek 2.4 mi. W of its junction with Sadlerochit River, 25 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range. 4 miles long.

History

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists in 1948, "because a black wolf came so close to a working geologist, he thought it was going to attach." Since "wolf" is a common name in Alaska, "dog" was used instead.