Information About

Kenunga Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kenunga Creek on The Map

Location

68 ° 3' 18" N,
150 ° 50' 57.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Elevation

2592 ft (790.04 m)

Kenunga Creek in Detail.

About

flows E N of Katiktak and Blackface Mts. to Ernie Creek in Valley of Precipices, 23 mi. E of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range

History

Marshall (1956, p. 46) wrote, I named this remarkable valley and the river which drained it Kenunga, which is Eskimo for knife edge. Marshall was referring to the number of knife-edge ridges he saw between Rumbling and Katiktak Mountains.