Information About

Fawn Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 24' 43.999" N,
148 ° 43' 39" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Fawn Creek in Detail.

About

heads in lake, flows NW to Gwydyr Bay, 11 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 3.5 miles long.

History

Named "Fawn River by" P. W. Dease and Thomas Simpson, who recorded on August 8, 1837, "in the evening a little fawn came to the tents * * *; an incident that furnished a name for the streamlet" (in T. Simpson, 1843, p. 174).

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Fawn Creek

Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay, Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Point McIntyre, Point Storkersen,

Hills:

Kuparuk Mound,

Islands:

Egg Island, Long Island, Stump Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River,

Streams:

Fawn Creek,

Cities:

Deadhorse,