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Idak Creek

Idak Creek

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

History of Idak Creek

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.