Information About

Coke Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 22' 44" N,
144 ° 58' 46.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Elevation

2799 ft (853.14 m)

Coke Creek in Detail.

About

Heads at a glacier on N slope of Mount Chamberlin in Franklin Mountains and flows NNW to Lake Schrader, 8 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range. 6 miles long.

History

Named in the 1940's for a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist from Martinique, whose grandmother called him "Ma petit coq," and thus was nicknamed "Coq" or in an anglicized form, "Coke."