Information About

Johnston Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Johnston Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 0' 33.001" N,
141 ° 54' 43.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Johnston Creek in Detail.

About

heads in glacier 2.6 mi. SW of Mount McPherson, flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 1 mi. SE of Munday Creek and 83 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Nmaed for Richard C. Johnston, who discovered petroleum in the Yakataga region about 1897. Name reported by G. C. Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1903.