Information About

Kewagek Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kewagek Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 36' 31" N,
171 ° 19' 46.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Gambell

Kewagek Creek in Detail.

About

Heading on the W slope of Taphook Mountain at Kiwook Pass, flowing NW to a swamp at the SE edge of Niyrakpak Lagoon on Saint Lawrence Island, 18 mi. SE of Gambell, St. Lawrence I.

History

Eskimo name shown on a manuscript map drawn by Lawrence Kulukhan, of Gambell, in 1944. Orth, recorded the name Kiwaruk, meaning growing river, for this stream in 1965.

Topo Maps

St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948),
Places Near Kewagek Creek
Bars:

Pungokosit Spit,

Bays:

Makingiyeek Bay,

Capes:

Taphook Point,

Cliffs:

Niyghakpak Cliff,

Flats:

Putgut Plateau,

Hills:

Mugum Peak, Yaghmelngak Mountain,

Lakes:

Niyrakpak Lagoon,

Locales:

Sitta,

Mountains:

Olngooseenuk Mountain, Taphook Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Kiwook Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Poovoot Range,

Rivers:

Ikalooksik River, Kangeakhok River,

Streams:

Akfayegak Creek, Kewagek Creek, Ohlegek Creek,