Information About

Idak Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Idak Creek on The Map

Location

53 ° 26' 15" N,
167 ° 51' 29.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Idak Creek in Detail.

About

flows E to Otter Bight, 3 mi. N. of Fort Glenn on NE coast of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands. 4 miles long.

History

Name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (in Byers, 1959, pl. 41). This name may have been derived from the Aleutian word "idakuq," meaning "it leaves; it emanates from" (in Geoghegan, 1944, p. 109), and have been arbitrarily "clipped" for cartographic convenience.